The Grand Hotel on Chowringhee Road, colonial Calcutt's main corridor, is now the Oberoi Grand Hotel. Built in the late 19th century, it was used by thousands of troops in World War II and today is among the most luxurious in India.
[Original handwritten message, verso] "25/11 Dear David, These are the funny old carriages which we see every day in Calcutta. The old lady has been shopping for Christmas."
An fascinating article on the artist behind this postcard, George Darby, by
This well-posed image of a fruit and spice store is appropriately shadowed by the iron framed structure behind it.
Postmarked Montral December 22, 1907 and sent to Miss Undine [?] Hemming, 213 West 16th St., Los Angeles, CA with this message: "14 Helen St., Montreal. Dear Undine, Have not had a word from any of you for quite a long period.
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.
Sujaan Mukherjee writes of Frank Clinger Scallan's postcards of Calcutta: "The artist may or may not have used photographs as reference, but unlike most photographs that depict churches, public buildings or trams, these drawings recall a city that is
[Original title] Maliakali or Devi as Durga the destroyer of the demons of all devouring thing. [end]
Kali and Durga are closely related manifestations of the divine feminine energy in Hinduism.
![Tagore [Silk]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/tagore-silk.jpg?itok=LiKDYsxe "Tagore [Silk]")
On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birthday on May 7th, a very rare silk postcard of the great writer. The image is printed on silk, which is them stretched over and pasted on cardboard.
There are many such postcard views, trying to celebrate in a humorous way, life for colonists during the British Raj.
Compare to the black and white version.
A striking studio portrait in which the viewer's eyes are drawn by to subject's wide-open gaze. Was he asked not to blink? Or did the photographer amend the negative?
