Calcutta 1897
Postmarked May 25, 1898 (?) and addressed to Master Leslie Hurst, 4 Waterlook Road, Nottingham, England: "My dear Leslie I have another p.c. [postcard] for you – Did you go to Gooe fair. It is your fair day today.
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Tanjore dancing girl
Among the first series of postcards printed in India by The Ravi Varma Press, this lithograph by the German artist at the Press, Paul Gerhardt, shows how in these very early days, placing the title was not quite fixed by convention, It could easily
At The Dussera Mysore
The fall Mysuru Dasara celebrates the victory of the Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari (Durga) over the demon Mahishasura, the event from which Mysuru's name [formerly Mysore] is derived.
A model of Punjab beauty
A striking distinctive portrait, nicely silhouetted at the bottom, with the richness of the collotype making her seem photographic.
Band Stand, People's Park, Madras
Once one of the jewels of Chennai, the People's Park was constructed between 1859-1861 and extended over 112 acres. Today it is apparently largely neglected with much of the land used for other purposes.
8 Dismissed
The eighth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
7 False defense.
The seventh card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
10 New maid-servant
The tenth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [First]
9 Reconciliation at last
The ninth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
6. What is this
The sixth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
