The Frontier Loosewala or Religious Fanatic
[Original caption] Shot Near West Ridge Barracks, Rawalpindi 1/4/21 [end]
The Peshawar firm of P.D.
B & W
Extracting Gold, Cyanide Works, Kolar Fields
One can only imagine the enormous costs that accrued to the workers involved.
Dancing Girl - Jaipur
One of the less common "nautch girl" or dancing women postcards where the toll of the profession is visible on the sitter's face.
Fire near Ry Station - Lahore
An early documentary or journalistic postcard. The Kangra earthquake of April 5, 1905, some 200 miles away in northern Punjab, damaged many structures in Lahore, a city of 180,000 and may have caused the fire referenced by this postcard.
A Mad Mulla (Religious Fanatic) with his Followers, N.W. Frontier
Religious groups in opposition to the British found refuge in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan throughout the colonial period
The British fought a nearly continuous series of campaigns against various tribes and groups led by Muslim religious
Indian Crew of the Enemy Steamer sunk by S.M.S. Mowe
World War I Indian merchant sailors on ships sunk by the German ship S.M.S.
A Nautch Party
A very early postcard of nautch or dancing women, shown here in a classical post, one hand on hip, the other raised, sometimes called "in attitude," on postcards.
