Burma. At the Well.
[Original caption] A well is generally situated in the principal street of a Burmese village.
Color
Moet & Chandon Dry Imperial, 1898
A very early advertising postcard for a fine French champagne from a brand that persists today by a distributor with a monopoly in the Bombay Presidency. Moet & Chandon would ikely have offered these cards to its distributors.
Village Scene
A unusually upturned (emptied) cart with yoke pointing to sky.
Winter in Gulmarg - Kashmir
David Mordecai (1909-73) was a photographer in Kolkata from the Iraqi-Jewish community who had a commercial practice which published postcards in color. Note the man on skis in the foreground.
Bhistee (Water Carrier)
One could argue that the bhistee was the most common male postcard type at the turn of the 20th century.
Troops of the British Empire - Hongkong Constabulary
Indian policemen and soldiers were an integral part of the British Empire's law and order apparatus in its Hong Kong colony. William Quin, after becoming Captain Superintendent in 1862, initiated direct recruitment from India.
Toda Mund
A very well-reserved color view of a Today village, postmarked to France May 23, 1917.
Jumna Bridge, Allahabad
One of the longest bridges built during the Raj, the original Naini Bridge was opened in 1865. This curious postcard was likely based on a photograph that was then high stylized during production, and while halftone dots are visible in some parts of
The Indian Army - Indian Hairstyle
Note the hookah on the ground, next to the soldier unraveling his turban, a sight for French spectators captured here on a postcard.
[Original caption] L'Armee de l'Inde – La Coiffure de l'Hindou
Hooseinabad, (Bird`s Eye View) Lucknow.
[Original caption] Hooseinabad, (Bird's Eye View) Lucknow. 1,000 yards beyond the Turkish Gate is the Hooseinabad Imambara, and opposite, a beautiful garden, with Clock Tower 220 feet high.
