A Tamil Youth in Festival Attire, India.
[Original German] Ein Tamulenjungling im Festschmuck, Ostindien. [A Tamil boy in festive adornment]
A memorable portrait by a German missionary organization.
Postcard
Indian Palace, Franco-British Exhibition, London
The Franco-British Exhibition of 1908, celebrating a new understanding on dividing up colonial interests between the two powers, came at the height of interest and production of the new medium of postcards.
Village Preaching, Kanigiri, South India.
Informative preaching sessions in villages were usually held in the central part of the villages by American and British missionaries.
Saraswati, Goddess of learning and arts
Saraswati is the goddess of learning and the arts (e.g., music), and is often seen playing the Veena, a string instrument. She is also worshipped as the goddess of thoughts of truth and forgiveness.
India
A standard depiction of the colony as a trunk full of raw materials, this series seems to have been started in the 1900-1910 period and persisted into the 1940s.
This postcard is postmarked Anerle, May 5, 1942 and sent to a Miss Pound, Jubilee
The Water Carrier (Bhistee)
Bhistees supplied water to households and regiments
In the past, water carriers used cured hides of animals to carry water. Today animal hides have been replaced by bottles and jars of plastic.
Kasauli, The Club
"In any town in India the European Club is the spiritual citadel, the real seat of the British power, the Nirvana for which native officials and millionaires pine in vain," wrote George Orwell in his first novel, Burmese Days (Chapter 2). First
Liaquat Ali Khan
Sharif al Mujahid in his book In Quest of Jinnah Diary, Notes and Correspondence of Hector Bolitho (pp. 51-2), which collates many unpublished pieces by Jinnah's first biographer, includes this excerpt dated 11 April [1952]:
"Visit to Liaquat Gardens
Abtabad [Abbottabad]
![Abtabad [Abbottabad]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/abtabad.jpg?itok=xEXUDn9F "Abtabad [Abbottabad]")
Abbottabad, located 50 km northeast of Islamabad in the Orash Valley, has a rich history spanning over 170 years.
Her Christmas Market
[Original handwritten message, verso] "25/11 Dear David, These are the funny old carriages which we see every day in Calcutta. The old lady has been shopping for Christmas."
An fascinating article on the artist behind this postcard, George Darby, by
