The Ruling Princes of India
A collage which would have been assembled from a variety of photographs, not a single sitting. In the bottom center with the black jacket is the Nawab of Hyderabad, the richest of them all.
Postcard
University Gardens and Clock Tower, Bombay
An early view of Bombay by one of its preeminent early postcard publishers. It shows the Rajabai Tower, completed in 1878 on the grounds of the University of Mumbai.
Greetings from Napier Cinema, Poona
An interesting postcard from many angles. It is an early advertising card for a cinema in Pune, part of a series published by the proprietor A.C.
Hindu Monkey Temple
One of the most famous temples in Mumbai, Dwarkadhish Temple, built in 1875, was often referred to as the Monkey Temple because of the figures of monkeys eating bananas on the front.
Pratapgarh, where Shiwoji killed Afzulkhan
A rare landscape postcard by Dhurandhar, who is best known for his portraits of Bombay types.
A Mendicant
The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely on charity to survive. Plate & Co.
Nungumbakum Bridge
[Original caption] Numgumbakum Bridge.
Native Barber
Among the first postcards printed in India, from a lithograph by The Ravi Varma Press' chief lithographer, Paul Gerhardt.
Nestle's Swiss Milk 20th Punjab Infantry
Nestle, founded in 1867, claims on its website that its relationship with India started in 1912. Cards like this from approximately 1900 are evidence that the roots of this relationship extend back earlier.
Office Peon
The word "peon" owes its origin to the Spanish word which means laborer.
