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While this postcard published in Jaipur may have had nothing directly to do with the Swadeshi movement then taking off in Bengal, the charkha was am emblem of that cause for self-sufficiency and using indigenous materials and processes instead of

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 Chennai (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

Note how carefully this postcard has been hand-tinted, even the studio carpet adding a little depth.