From an unusual later lithographic series, with some photographs by Raja Deen Dayal, and many of areas like this one around Hyderabad and including events like Lord Curzon's visit in 1903 to the State, it is nonetheless not at all clear that Dayal
This so-called "chromo-collotype" card was created by running an image derived from a black and white photograph through multiple color runs, after each color had dried, creating rich and translucent images.
Nicknamed the "Eton of the East," renowned for its Indo-Saracenic architecture, blending Mughal, Rajputana, and Gothic styles, it was founded in 1875 to provide modern education to Indian aristocracy, particularly princes and nobles of Rajputana.
Opened in 1888, the message on this postcard, dated October 12, 1905 (and postmarked in Ambala on Nov. 11) is correct: "Dear Aunt This is about the largest Railway Terminus in the World. with Love from T.H.H."
In one of the earliest series of postcards of India by Tuck, four of the six Kanpur postcards recalled events a half-century earlier; the "Mutiny," as the British called this major uprising against their rule remained very much part of colonial
The Victoria Clock Tower in Jacobabad, Sindh, was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrated on February 16, 1887. It was designed by Colonel S. S.
Rumi Darwaza is an iconic gateway located in the heart of Lucknow, India.
[Original caption] Built during the reign of Akbar the great in 1599 A.D. [end]
An apparently delicately stenciled postcard where the dense but eroded condition of the original panels are veiled by loosely applied tints.
Once one of the most important clubs in Bombay, it was opened in 1833 when the European population in the city was about 1,300. The club was known for its luxurious amenities, including chambers that cost Rs.
