Oodypur. Panoramic View from Ambamaba
Ambamata is located on the northern shore of Fateh Sagar Lake and offers a scenic view of the city. The lake was dug in the 17th century.
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Montgomery Hall, Lahore
Built in the 1862, and named after one of the first British lieutenant-governors, it "carried European classical architecture into this distant and recently conquered province," according to Thomas R. Metcalf in An Imperial Vision Indian
Kutub Minar, Delhi
Qutub Minar is among the tallest brick minarets in the world, an important early example of Indo-Islamic architecture built between 1199-1220 ACE. The Mexican writer Octavio Paz described it in his book In Light of India (1995):
"it is difficult to
Gateway Cemetery - Bareilly
The melancholy entrance to a Victorian British cemetery.
Opening of the Godaveri Bridge H.E. Lord Curzon's Second Tour in India
This nearly 3 km long bridge, also known as the Havelock Bridge, was opened to traffic in 1900. It has since been decommissioned and is apparently awaiting funding to be turned into a pedestrian bridge.
Elphinstone Bombay
Among the earliest postcards of Bombay from a photograph. One can see the title and photographer inscribed at the bottom of the original glass negative, and the hand-tinting is done in large blocks.
Gold Quartz Crushing Mills, Kolar Gold Fields
Part of a unique series of court-sized postcards showing the Kolar Gold Fields, India's largest until it was closed in 2001. That series includes Hajee Ismail Saits New Sawmill, Kolar Gold Fields and Extracting Gold, Cyanide Works, Kolar Fields.
Coronation review held in June 1911 in London (Murree)
When the Prince of Wales became King George V following his father's death, the Coronation took place at Westminster Abbey in London on June 22, 1911. The event also led to a large gathering of the colonial population on the football field below the
The Delhi Gate, Fort Agra
Built during the Akber's Reign in 1599 A.D.
This massive gate was intended to intimidate possible attackers.
A Knife Grinder
Knife grinders are a vanishing craft. Doing this at home before electric knife sharpeners was difficult. Knife grinders would take their sharpening wheels from door to door and take care of the problem.
An earlier postcard view, before divided backs
