Goddess of Power Durga
In Hinduism, Durga is a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. Durga is depicted as a warrior woman riding a lion or a tiger with multiple hands carrying weapons and assuming mudras, or symbolic hand gestures.
1920-1929
The Mall, Murree. In Summer.
"The Mall, far from serving merely as a site for commerce or recreation, functioned as a symbolic and material articulation of imperial hierarchy, controlling access to commodities and visibility, and reinforcing notions of prestige, superiority, and
[Woman at loom]
![[Woman at loom]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/woman-at-loom_0.jpg?itok=KOmoyvGo "[Woman at loom]")
K. Lall & Co. were a publisher of interesting real photo postcards, like this one of a cotton spinner, whose flat composition speaks to a style of portrait photography not common among photographers.
G. K. Gokhale
Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915) was a leading moderate nationalist, social reformer and parliamentarian in early 20th‑century India, best known as founder of the Servants of India Society and as an important political mentor to both M. K.
Courtyard of Indian Pavilion
The Indian Pavilion at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition (Wembley) was designed as a major “showpiece” building in an Indo‑Saracenic/Mughal-revival idiom, explicitly modelled on iconic North Indian monuments (often described as drawing on the Jama
Calcutta. Grand Hotel
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.
Frontier of India
[Original handwriting, Verso] "Oct. 24/[19]29 Visitors to the Khyber [Pass] required to halt 3 mi. from this sign."
Baluchistan Begger [Beggar]
![Baluchistan Begger [Beggar]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/baluchistan-beggar.jpg?itok=OPmDWHAl "Baluchistan Begger [Beggar]")
This apparently one-legged man is being used here to represent a type, but what is most eye-catching is the way the veins in his arms seem so like the cracks in the wall.
Gateway of India, Mumbai
A triumphal arch erected to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911, it was completed in its present form in 1924. The Gateway of India was built in the Indo-Saracenic architectural style, combining multiple design elements and
Rawalpindi City
An early real photo postcard of Rawalpindi. These allowed amateurs to directly shoot a postcard in camera, and end up with a photograph which a hundred years later has been faded but can be restored with modern digital tools as this one has been.
