Bombay. Shigean
[Original caption] The Shigean is a small two-wheeled vehicle in use in Bombay and other Eastern cities. As a rule it is drawn by a couple of small oxen of the Zebu family.
[Original caption] The Shigean is a small two-wheeled vehicle in use in Bombay and other Eastern cities. As a rule it is drawn by a couple of small oxen of the Zebu family.
Among the first series of postcards printed in India by The Ravi Varma Press, this lithograph by the German artist at the Press, Paul Gerhardt, shows how in these very early days, placing the title was not quite fixed by convention, It could easily
[Original caption] A Peep into into the Victoria Gardens. These beautifully laid out gardens are a source of pleasure to the weary and jaded worker in the cool of the evening after a hard days work in the broiling sun and stuff offices. [end]
The
[Original caption] Bombay (City) from Watson's Hotel. The view from Watson's Hotel shows, without doubt, that one is looking upon a prosperous city.
The eighth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
The seventh card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
The tenth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [First]
The ninth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
The sixth card in Dhurandhar's series about a new pretty maid who comes into a middle-class household. [Next]
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.