James Bazaar Street, Secundarabad
This was a very popular view of what is now MG [Mahatma Gandhi] Road in Secundarabad/Hyderabad.
1900-1909
Dancing Girls, Jaipur
An unusual dark background, and all the women holding hands and looking off slightly to their left.
Postmarked Jaipur, March 23, 1923, and mailed to Mrs. Eagleton, 212 Elmwood Ave., Newark, NY, USA: "Feb.
Greetings from Madras [Message]
![Greetings from Madras [Message]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/greetings-from-madras-wiele-klein.jpg?itok=VPBE9a0x "Greetings from Madras [Message]")
This particular card was mailed to France from Chennai on Dec. 25, 1900. Note the entire message is readable, but from what is seems to say:
[Unclear first word] "Happy new year, Mr. Francis. Really it is not cold here. Antoine."
[Original French,
Greetings from Madras
A very early "Greetings from"postcard. Note how the top two images are also prefixed with a "View of" as part of the title. See the version with a message in French.
The Hooseinabad, Lucknow.
Chota Imambara, a Lucknow landmark, is also called the Husseinabad Imambara. This monument, built as the mausoleum for Muhammad Ali Shah, was completed in 1837 and is part of the Kaiser Bagh complex.
High Court, Madras, from South
"The High Court's imposing, labyrinthine Indo-Sarcenic buildings, with long corridors, high ceilings, much ornamental tiling, carving and iron-work, beautiful stained glass arches and portrait gallery, is one of the City's landmarks," wrote the late
Hornby Road & the Floral Fountain, Bombay [message]
![Hornby Road & the Floral Fountain, Bombay [message]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/hornby-road-bombay.jpg?itok=q84oLAZP "Hornby Road & the Floral Fountain, Bombay [message]")
While the original Tuck's caption can be found here, this one was sent scrawled in purple pencil as if a child's writing but may have been an adult, to Mrs. W.
Hindu Beauty
A lithographic card, most likely done by an Indian artist and printed in Britain. Note how nicely the woman is foregrounded from a low angle, with a smaller temple in the background and a swirl of green that helps give life to the portrait.
Golden Temple & Gate, Amritsar
A beautiful embossed and hand-tinted card showing the entrance to Harminder Sahib, the holiest of Sikh sites in Amritsar. All the subdued colors on the entrance way were added by hand through stencils, individually on each postcard.
Views of Bangalore
On the back [verso] of this card is written: "The building in the centre is the last one of which my father was the architect. C.J.V.
