Prisoners at Work - Almora Jail
A rare real-photo court-sized postcard taken inside Almora Jail. Sent to Miss Nancy Iverson in Ealing London and postmarked Almora, Nov. 2, 1904: "Prisoners at work Almora Jail Love Daddy."
Real Photo
[Peshawar Bazaar]
![[Peshawar Bazaar]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/peshawar-bazaar-1938.jpg?itok=pdaDKz8g "[Peshawar Bazaar]")
A real photo postcard of Peshawar bazaar showing a minaret of Mahabat Khan mosque, built in the 17th century. This postcard was sent to a Mr.
Shah Jahan's Last View
An early real photo postcard where the deterioration of the chemicals on the margins contributes to the preciousness of the scene, said to be the view the imprisoned Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan enjoyed from Agra Fort of the tomb he had built for his
Preaching by Riverside, Chittagong Hill
One of the more puzzling things in Raj postcard history is the lack of postcards from what is now Bangladesh; East Bengal and Dhaka in particular seem to have been far less covered by the new medium at the turn of the century than the rest of the
"Quetta Earthquake" [handwritten]
!["Quetta Earthquake" [handwritten]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/quetta-burning-butani.jpg?itok=4T7kGYhK "\"Quetta Earthquake\" [handwritten]")
Sometimes postcards were journalism, in this case a real-time view of the deadliest earthquake in British India, which killed somewhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people in the capital of Balochistan on May 23, 1935. Butani was a military photographer
[Jhelum Recruiting]
![[Jhelum Recruiting]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/jhelum.jpg?itok=TIMVYrN1 "[Jhelum Recruiting]")
This unusual real photo postcard seems to show recruiting in Jhelum, a key Punjabi district where British Indian soldiers were signed up for service in World War I.
Huge Airship Shed, Airport - Karachi
Known locally as the "Kala Chapra" or "Black Shed," this enormous structure constructed in the late 1920s was considered one of the largest structures in the British Empire.
The Boundary Line Between the British and Afghan Territory on the Border of Frontier, N.W.F.P.
A nicely composed view of one of the most popular postcards from what was British India's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), now known as Khyper Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Note how the camels flow into the sign and the camel driver is fully visible leading
Type of an Hindustani Girl
"Hindustani girls" was used to refer to women from "Hindustan," or the broad belt across northern India east of Punjab known as U.P., then "United Provinces" and now "Uttar Pradesh." It would have been a term appropriate to a Peshawar based
Shriman Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Ji
Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861-1946) was an Indian politician, notable for his role in the freedom struggle and his efforts to eliminate the caste system, as well as co-founding Banaras Hindu University in 1916. This was part of a series by Karachi-based
