The Great Burning Ghat in Benares
[Original German] Der Grosse Verbrennungs Platz in Benares [end]
One of the earliest artist-signed postcards of India.
Postcard
Greetings from Bombay
From an early "Greetings from" series by D.M. Macropolo & Co., a renowned Raj tobacconist with retail stores in Kolkata and Mumbai.
Chandulal's Car, Bolarum, Hyderabad
From an unusual later lithographic series, with some photographs by Raja Deen Dayal, and many of areas like this one around Hyderabad and including events like Lord Curzon's visit in 1903 to the State, it is nonetheless not at all clear that Dayal
A Mohamedan dancing Girl in Attitude
This so-called "chromo-collotype" card was created by running an image derived from a black and white photograph through multiple color runs, after each color had dried, creating rich and translucent images.
Calcutta
One of the earliest postcards of India, Calcutta, published by W. Rossler, a German or Austrian photographer in the city in 1897. Lithograph, Court sized, Printed in Austria. Undivided back.
The University Hall, Punjab, Lahore
A landmark colonial-era "Indo‑Saracenic" or “Anglo‑Mughal” style building designed by Bhai Ram Singh, with a prominent central clock tower and domed corner elements.
Tamil Tea Plucker
Andree, known for some striking postcard images, may have been Adolphus Williams, Jr. a photographer on York Street in Colombo.
Colonnade in Court of Honour, French-British Exhibition, London 1908
The Franco-British Exhibition (1908) was a major "world’s fair” held in west London (Shepherd’s Bush/White City) from 14 May to 31 October 1908, created to showcase British and French industry, art, and imperial power while publicly celebrating the
Netaji Subhas Chander Bose
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945), shown here in his Indian National Army (I.N.A.) uniform, was an Indian nationalist leader who broke with the Indian National Congress’s dominant nonviolent strategy and pursued independence through armed
