Mr. V. G. Patel
The elder brother of Sardar Patel and also a formidable politician, he was often at odds with Gandhi and founded the Swaraj Party.
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Eid Card Train
A rather subtle Eid Mubarak ["Blessed or Happy Eid"] blends into the colorful sky as a train plows through the landscape. Bombay and Lahore were the centers of Eid card production before and in the decades after Partition.
Lama Beggars
[Original caption] A Lama Beggar. The Lamas are priests of the great Buddhist religion.
A Jungle Village, Ceylon
[Original caption] A Jungle Village. The jungle villages of Ceylon are picturesque in the extreme, and rendered more so by the abundance of tropical verdure.
Enroute Sonamarg - Kashmir
David Mordecai (1909-1973) was a prominent Indian photographer and postcard publisher based in Calcutta during the mid-20th century.
Copper Statuette of a Dancing Girl, Mohenjodaro.
A less typical side view of the famous "dancing girl" of Mohenjo-daro, part of a packet of eighteen picture postcards of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro for Rs. 1 and two annas only, that might also be a reprint of the series in Pakistan from the 1950s.
P. & O. S.S. "Macedonia" at Bombay
(10,000 Tons, 14,000 Horse-Power)
Founded as early as 1834, what became the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company still survives and P. & O. Cruises today, it is the oldest continuously operating cruise line in the world.
Narsingarh Entrance to Old Fort
[Original caption] Narsingarh–Entrance to Old Fort. Narsingarh is the capital of the state of that name in Central India.
Burma. At the Well.
[Original caption] A well is generally situated in the principal street of a Burmese village.
Winter in Gulmarg - Kashmir
David Mordecai (1909-73) was a photographer in Kolkata from the Iraqi-Jewish community who had a commercial practice which published postcards in color. Note the man on skis in the foreground.
