General View of Darjeeling with Snow
The London based publisher F.
Trees
Botanical Gardens, Calcutta
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Kolkata is one of Asia's oldest and most significant botanical institutions, established in 1787 on the west bank of the Hugli River.
Ganeshkhind Avenue, Poona
Ganeshkhind Road, also known as University Road, is a major thoroughfare in Pune that derives its name from an ancient Ganesh temple called Parvati Nandan Ganpati Temple, dating back to the 17th century.
Miranjani from Govt. House, Nathiagali
The Governor House in Nathia Gali is a historic colonial-era structure that offers stunning views including of Miranjani, the highest peak in the region, with an elevation of 2,992 meters (9,816 feet) above sea level.
Mowbrays Road, Madras
Mowbray's Road in Madras (now Chennai) was named after George Mowbray, who arrived in Madras in 1771. Originally a bullock cart track, it was acquired by George Mowbray in the late 18th century and led to Mowbray's garden house, which became the
Chenar Bagh
An early postcard of Kashmir by R. E. Shorter, a little known photographer who would have competed with Fred Bremner as one of the first to publish postcards of the princely state. The white space below the image would have been used for the message.
Simla, Grand Hotel Avenue
[Original caption] Grand Hotel Avenue – The town of Simla is beautifully laid out.
Ceylon-Colombo Street Scene
A rich color palette pervades this scene.
Nungumbaukum
Historical records in Chennia mention Nungambakkam as one of the three villages (in addition to Egmore and Chetput) that the British East India Company purchased in 1743 to form the port city of Madras.
"Quetta Earthquake" [handwritten]
!["Quetta Earthquake" [handwritten]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/quetta-burning-butani.jpg?itok=4T7kGYhK "\"Quetta Earthquake\" [handwritten]")
Sometimes postcards were journalism, in this case a real-time view of the deadliest earthquake in British India, which killed somewhere between 30,000 and 60,000 people in the capital of Balochistan on May 23, 1935. Butani was a military photographer
