Elphinstone College and Sassoon Library. Bombay.
Elphinstone College, Mumbai is one of the oldest colleges in the University of Mumbai system.
Elphinstone College, Mumbai is one of the oldest colleges in the University of Mumbai system.
An almost dreamlike view of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), better known by its local acronym CST or VT, a historic railway station that serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways in India and now one of the busiest
A striking image of a small Parsi girl sitting on a table with her feet on a chair, the "de [of] Bombay" added by the French sender in 1911.
A beautifully colored lithographic postcard, with two stamps carefully positioned on the front and postmarked 26th November 1919.
A nice representation of water being extracted and transported by human and animal labor throughout a village.
Maybe it is the hookahs and Arab head dress of the main in the green robe smoking a cigarette, but this seems to be a scene in Bombay bazaar. The electrotype (imprint on the back) matches that of Clifton & Co.
An early view of golf being played in British India, with both a man and woman playing.
An early postcard of the large complex of Jain temples in Gujarat state. There are nearly 1,000 temples in a complex near Palitana in Bhavnagar district which is about 1,000 years old and receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
A storied building, still standing, which was everything from a Governor's residence to Admiralty House and the first High Court of Bombay.
One of the earliest postcards of a "dancing girl" printed in India. Nach [or Nautch] women among the most popular subjects of early postcards of India.