An Ayah
[Original caption] An Ayah - The term ayah may be applied both to nurses for children and for ladies maids.
Divided back
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
Amphitheatre, Coronation Durbar, Delhi
A nicely framed view of the 1911 Durbar, with an Impressionist's blend of hats and heads, the first and only which a British monarch George V attended and was honored under an Oriental pavilion. It was the high noon of postcards too.
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."
A Nair Lady, Malabar
Early postcards from the Malabar Coast are uncommon.
