Club Road Avenue, Fort, Belgaum
A collotype which evokes the apparent tranquility of lost time; note at least 8 chaukidars and malis members dotting the sides of the road.
A collotype which evokes the apparent tranquility of lost time; note at least 8 chaukidars and malis members dotting the sides of the road.
One of the most popular early views of Kolkata, this Jain is dedicated to Sitalnathji, the 10th of the 24 Jain tirthankaras.
"From its opening day," writes Thomas R. Metcalf in An Imperial Vision Indian Architecture and the British Raj, "the building was praised as a 'successful adaptation of the Indo-Saracenic style to a modern public building. For the Journal of Indian
The Alauddin Gate of Delhi is known as Alai Darwaza
[Original caption] Built by Alaudin Khilji in 1310 A.D. [end]
Alai Darwaza is said to be among the first buildings in India to be based on Central Asian and Muslim design principles.
[Verso] "Dear Mabel I wrote you a letter and I didn't know Moands [sp?] address properly I hope you received it alright. Edgar"
Probably the earliest Tuck's postcard of the Taj Mahal, from a Bourne & Shepherd photograph, before writing was allowed on the back.
Missionaries were prolific early publishers of postcards in India, using them for fundraising and general propagation of their work and activities.
[Original caption] A beautiful palace of red sandstone built either by Akbar (1556-1605) or by Jahanghir (1605-1627). The great central court, its pillars, the carving and ornamentation, are all pure Hindu.
The former Town Hall is now the Gandhi Bhawan Library and was built in an Indo-Saracenic style blending Western and Eastern elements. It was inaugurated in 1892.
An official postcard from what was the largest exhibition ever held in London, and the first organized by two nations together. It drew some 8 million visitors to an area known later as "White City" because all the buildings were painted white.