"It was curious, for example, to hear us spoken of as ‘the Monkey People’," wrote longtime Punjab I.C.S. Officer Sir Malcolm Darling in his memoir. He continued:
"Nor was it altogether palatable to be told by a highly educated Brahmin—‘you (that is,
[Verso] Postmarked Mount Road, Madras, 17 Sep. 1903 at 11:30 a.m. and addressed to Miss Olive McMillan, St. Augustine's, Cliftonville, Margate, England.
[Recto] "16/9/03 With Many Salaams from Mother."
An early postcard that unlike many of these type cards does focus the eye on the object of interest.
A storybook shot by Fred Bremner, six people poised in performance, reminding us how much children and women's labor keeps the farm going.
A very early postcard of Darjeeling which nicely represents, visually, the colonial project: a sprawling European building dominating lush grounds while tiny workers pluck away at tea leaves under the watchful gaze of a man in a solar topee.
A finely hand-tinted postcard and gorgeous display of color.
Postmarked May 16, 1906 in Conoor and addressed to H.E. Preisner Esqr., Gottville [sp?], Siskiyou County, California. "Dear Papa, This is a view of the little town we are staying at for a month, we live further up the mountains it is a grand place.
![Elephant hunting tiger [handwritten]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/tiger-hunting_0.jpg?itok=Ee9xwwdY "Elephant hunting tiger [handwritten]")
A hand painted postcard of a favorite sport for Indian Maharajahs, British colonial officials and well-heeled tourists.
One of the earliest postcards of a Kashmiri nautch girl, this was mailed from Chenna (Madras) on Sept. 17, 1903 to Miss Olive McMillan, St. Augustine's, Cliftonville, Margate, England: "With many Salaams from Mother."
See Clifton & Co.'s version of
An unusual early "Greetings from" card by Wiele & Klein, one of the leading photographic studios in South India. The woman looks slightly bored, if not irritated in this studio pose.
