Attock from Khairabad (Indus Flood)
Attock Fort from the Frontier side during what would have been high flood in the early 20th century.
Attock Fort from the Frontier side during what would have been high flood in the early 20th century.
Prisoners, many of whom would have been from India, lining up at the German prisoner of war camp in Munster.
Built in 1799 with nearly a thousand tiny lattice-screened windows from which ladies of the court could observe street scenes, it is one of the city's top destinations for visitors today who can momentarily partake of what must have been exquisite
Although this is a different view and title, the crowds suggest it was made during the Maha Shivratri Hindu Festival shown in another postcard.
[Original caption] Holwell Monument.
Bengal's rivers were traversed by boats and steamers, on which this man served a captain. The firm he worked for, "I.G.S.N." is likely emblazoned on his shirt.
A British fighter plane, called "Rawalpindi" and named after the 29th Punjab regiment, brought down in apparently excellent condition by German forces during World War I.
A quintessential bazaar near an army base next to the hill station of Murree. From an albumen photograph as the inscribed title and photographer's name on the glass plate show.
As the postcard business became increasingly competitive, especially after about 1905, printers and publishers went to great lengths with frames and colours to distinguish their products.
One can only applaud the sender of this postcard, the careful positioning of the stamp, the postmark which seems to be from 1923. The card was not addressed, so was either sent in an envelope or kept.