Water Bullock
Bullocks that ferried water were called "water bullocks." This colored image by Clifton & Company, one of the earliest mass publishers of postcards in Mumbai (Bombay) was fairly popular, perhaps because of its rich colors.
Color
Sun Rise from Tiger Hill
The photographer S. Singh seems to have specialized in real photographs carefully coloured by hand after printing. The anonymous owner of this card wrote on the back: "Sunrise on the sea of clouds as we watch it touch Mt.
Bullock Carriage [handwritten]
![Bullock Carriage [handwritten]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/bullock-carriage_0.jpg?itok=YmBRS3jf "Bullock Carriage [handwritten]")
A zenana carriage offered veiled transport for women through the city. These single cards are similar to Chinese handmade postcards and are often court-sized with undivided backs, and not often mailed abroad.
A version of this card is postmarked
Manak Chowk, Jaipur
Gobindram Oodepyram produced a number of hand-tinted, two colour, postcards like this one where the pink, for example, is strategically deployed to lead the eye down the broad avenue.
Delhi Gate, Lahore
One of the most distinctive features of South Asian cities throughout history has been the named city gates facing other major trading partners. Delhi Fort, for example, has its Lahore Gate.
Kazi, Mahomedan Preacher
A lithographic portrait, which by this time had become a lesser used printing process for postcards.
Nepali Girls
S. Singh likely printed his own postcards from photographs given the hand-titling, often slightly different on each postcard.
Government College. Lahore
Government College (now a university) is one of the oldest colleges in Pakistan and currently has more than 6000 students and 300 faculty members. Many of Pakistan's elite and ruling classes studied or taught here, including the poets Dr.
Mount Road, Madras
The most important road in Chennai, now known as Anna Salai, and originally known St. Thomas Mount Road. It ran from the European settlement at Fort St. George to St. Thomas Mount where the Apostle St. Thomas ("Doubting Thomas") was killed in 72 CE.
Elphinstone College and Sassoon Library. Bombay.
Elphinstone College, Mumbai is one of the oldest colleges in the University of Mumbai system.
