Hotel Cecil
Hotel Cecil was one of the most famous European-owned hotels in Delhi and stood on an 11 acre park in Rajniwas Marg in Delhi's Civil Lines area. There were more than hundred rooms, a swimming pool and lush green lawns.
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The Burning Ghat, Benares
Among the earliest postcards of Varanasi, this court-sized card was made from an albumen photograph (its title is still inscribed in the negative) and framed by a floral design.
At The Dussera Mysore
The fall Mysuru Dasara celebrates the victory of the Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari (Durga) over the demon Mahishasura, the event from which Mysuru's name [formerly Mysore] is derived.
A model of Punjab beauty
A striking distinctive portrait, nicely silhouetted at the bottom, with the richness of the collotype making her seem photographic.
8 Dismissed
The eighth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
7 False defense.
The seventh card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
10 New maid-servant
The tenth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [First]
9 Reconciliation at last
The ninth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
6. What is this
The sixth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
1 Young Maid Servant
The most interesting of his Dhurandhar's later postcards were printed by The Lakshmi Art Printing Press. The Press belonged to Dadasaheb Phalke (1870–1944), a businessman who once worked at the Ravi Varma Press and had been a student at the J.J.
