Cultivators
It is unclear whether "Haji Yusuf Haji Mohammed. Pictures, Post-cards & Cutlery Merchant.
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Empire of British India and Ceylon [Coins]
![Empire of British India and Ceylon [Coins]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/coins-of-the-raj_0.jpg?itok=58p0u2yD "Empire of British India and Ceylon [Coins]")
A beautiful embossed card showing exchange rates between Indian and European currencies, in those days usually stable for long periods of time.
The H.S.M. in the top left corner stands for Hugo Semmler, Magdeburg, per Helmfried Luers in his The
An Indian Family, Karachi
R. Jalbhoy was a major Karachi photographer and postcard publisher at the turn of the century, who could often depict people and parts of the city that fell off the usual tourist or landmark circuit. Note the shoes on the sitters in this studio shot.
Colonnade, Hindoo Pillars, Kutub Minar
[Original caption] Colonnade, Hindoo Pillars, Kutub Minar. The Pillars, taken by the Mughal conquerors of India from a Hindoo temple, were recut to free them from idols and used to form the colonnade to the mosque.
Goddess of Power Durga
In Hinduism, Durga is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. Durga is depicted as a warrior woman riding a lion or a tiger with multiple hands carrying weapons and assuming mudras, or symbolic hand gestures.
The Mall, Murree. In Summer.
"The Mall, far from serving merely as a site for commerce or recreation, functioned as a symbolic and material articulation of imperial hierarchy, controlling access to commodities and visibility, and reinforcing notions of prestige, superiority, and
Bawarchi. (Cook.)
The word "bawarchi" for cook apparently entered Hindi via Urdu from classical Persian. "Chi" is a common Persian suffix meaning "a person who does or is associated with" a type of work.
Maharaja's Palace, Srinagar
Sher Garhi Palace was a royal residence and power center on the banks of the Jhelum in Srinagar.
Picturesque Burma. Zaffera (Zaffera) with a floating house.
[Original Italian] La Birmania pifforesca. Zaffera con casa galleggiante. [end]
This card was published by an Italian missionary society, L'Insituto Delle Missioni Estere di Milano.
Camel Car with Dunlop Tyres - Karachi
A captivating blend of technologies: in the back railway cars, transporting bags of wheat which find their way on to camel carts with brand name rubber tires. Camels were a popular means of transport in Karachi through the 1950s.
Postmarked Bombay,
