Comrades
"India, with no less alacrity, has claimed her share in the common task. Every class and creed, British and Native, Princes and People, Hindoos and Mahomedans, vie with one another in a noble and emulous rivalry.
Postcard
Takht-e-Suleman and River Jhelum
[Verso in ink, no name] "My first mooring place. The mountain in background supplies Srinagar reservoir at Hewan [? Hokar Sar?] - situated at its base. No man or beast may walk upon it.
An Indian Well
A rustic sepia view of a well in the northern SIndhi city of Jacobabad, named after the British General John Jacob (1812-1858), and today one of the hottest places in the world, with a mean temperature of almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees
Shravak Temple, Girnar
One of the earliest postcards of this collection of Jain Temples which date from roughly the 8th century through 15th century, although there is apparently evidence of the area as a site of pilgrimage from the 3rd century BCE.
View of Benares
An early multi-coloured view of Varanasi.
Village Barber, Indian Topics
J. D. Gondhalekar (1909-1981) was an Indian artist from a Pune family that owned a successful printing press. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London and in the 1950s served as the Dean of the J. J. School of Art in Bombay.
Mon Brave Hindou [My Brave Indian]
![Mon Brave Hindou [My Brave Indian]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/mon-brave-hindou-2.jpg?itok=nR-XO2aQ "Mon Brave Hindou [My Brave Indian]")
The "Generous Scotsman" is saying: “You are not hot, my brave Indian . . . what do you want I am not offering you my pants!”
Note that the word "Hindou" on French postcards from World War I was used to refer to Indians in general; this was intended
Cotton Pickers
Many early Bombay postcards focused on the cotton trade, the source, with opium, of much of the city's early wealth.
Indian Troops China
During the so-called Boxer Rebellion in China, when local Chinese radicals joined with the Imperial Army to fend off Western, Russian and Japanese advances, Indian troops fighting on the British side played a role in the battle for the city in July
State Elephant, Jeypore
[Verso] "Mission Hospital, Kolar, India.
Dear aunt Connie:
This will not reach you until after your birthday. Am sorry I did not get it off before. Hope you have a very happy day. This center piece was made in a Mission School. Much Love, Edith.
