The Pagoda, Eden Gardens, Calcutta
[Original caption] The Pagoda, Eden Gardens. The Eden Gardens are beautifully laid-out grounds and were for many years the gathering place in the evening of the fashionable society of Calcutta.
Nature
Tea Garden, Gauhati, Assam
There are very few early postcards – besides a handful of missionary ones – of Assam, an area in northeastern India brought under British control in the first half of the 19th century following wars with the then Kingdom of Burma.
Darjeeling. The Double Loop
One of the most common postcards from the Darjeeling area. The double loop offers a magnificent view of Darjeeling and Mount Everest. The toy train of Darjeeling is a major draw for tourists and connects Darjeeling to Siliguri in North Bengal.
"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
Poplars Avenue in Kashmir
A beautiful postcard from archaeological photographer Jadu Kissen, who had an office in Srinagar or may have worked for The Archaeological Survey of India in Kashmir at some point.
Jeypore. An Eastern Cemetery
[Original caption] An Eastern Cemetery. The cemeteries of Rajputana in which is situated the state of Jeypore, are as picturesque as all that surrounds the lives of the Rajputs.
Mt. Everest, Greetings from Darjeeling
A very early postcard of Mt. Everest, probably printed in 1901 or earlier, by Darjeeling's premiere studio, run by the Austrian Thomas Paar.
Greetings from Madras [Message]
![Greetings from Madras [Message]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/greetings-from-madras-wiele-klein.jpg?itok=VPBE9a0x "Greetings from Madras [Message]")
This particular card was mailed to France from Chennai on Dec. 25, 1900. Note the entire message is readable, but from what is seems to say:
[Unclear first word] "Happy new year, Mr. Francis. Really it is not cold here. Antoine."
[Original French,
Colman's Mustard Absolutely Pure
It is surprising how many brand's have survived since the turn of the century, Colman's Mustard of Norwich in the UK being part of a group that includes Lipton's, Nestle and Singer.
A Native Boat, Bombay
A nicely composed postcard showing the progression in the size of ocean-going vessels, from the small boat in the foreground, to the larger ship on right, and even larger ship in the distance on the left.
