Kothari Parade and Lady Lloyd Pier
The very popular Jehangir Kothari Parade and Lady Lloyd Pier on the Clifton Beach in Karachi.
This major Karachi landmark was a gift by eminent Karachi citizen Jehangir Kothari to the city.
1900-1909
Ahmedabad Hindu
An lithographic postcard, published in India, possibly by "Haji Yusuf Haji Mohammed. Pictures, Post-cards & Cutlery Merchant. Grant Road Cross-Lane.
Footwear of Nations, 10 Designs - No. 4 India
An American card distills the perfect poise between East and West that a sophisticated advertising card can contain. The 1906 card by a rubber manufacturer shows rubber shoes facing off with Mughal footwear. In the distance is a palace.
Thibetan [Tibetan] Woman, Darjeeling
![Thibetan [Tibetan] Woman, Darjeeling](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/darjeeling-woman_0.jpg?itok=zqS4goau "Thibetan [Tibetan] Woman, Darjeeling")
Clare Harris in her book Photography and Tibet (Reaktion Books, 2016) writes of this postcard, "a portrait of a young woman that features prominently in The Buddhism of Tibet as a generic illustration of Tibetan femininity implies that she'd been
The River showing Jetties and Howrah Bridge
In The River showing Jetties and Howrah Bridge. Calcutta ships from all over the world are docked on the Hooghly, next to 18th and 19th century mansions occupied by successful trading houses. Thomas Cook & Sons wrote in their 1911 India, Burma, and
The Deccan Postal Service
[Original French] La Poste Au Deccan. [end]
Kunzli Freres was a Swiss company known for high-quality lithographic printing, and this was part of a series of postcards celebrating the way mail was delivered around the world.
Benares on the Ganges
[Original German] Benares am Ganges [end]
Sunset hues were one of the features early postcard printers used to distinguish their views from competitors. F.
Meerut. Electric power house
A postcard celebrating an electric power plant, apparently in the cantonment area.
Murree from Pindi Point (snow)
A view of one of the Murree hills, showing a number of the British-built homes along the road that winds from the main bazaar to Kashmir point, looking north.
Naina Devi Temple
[Verso, handwritten] "Buddhist temple from which Naini Tal takes its name. Immediately behind this is the polo ground."
