Clive Examining the Enemy's Lines
Famous British Battles, Plassey June 25, 1737
[Original caption] Plassey.
Raphael Tuck & Sons
Royal Bombay Yacht Club
[Original caption] The Royal Bombay Yacht Club. One of the most exclusive clubs in the East, patronized only by the most prominent citizens. [end]
Founded in 1864, this still extremely exclusive club survives in a building next to this one,
Hindu Temple (Monkey Temple) Kalbadevi Road
[Original caption] Hindu Temple (Monkey Temple). Kalbadevi Road, Bombay. The famous temple showing very fine architecture. [end]
Mylapore Tank - Madras
[Original caption] Mylapore Tank. Madras is built in a straggling fashion along the seashore. Most of the roads run between avenues and are flanked by groves of palms and other trees.
Jeypore. An Eastern Cemetery
[Original caption] An Eastern Cemetery. The cemeteries of Rajputana in which is situated the state of Jeypore, are as picturesque as all that surrounds the lives of the Rajputs.
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.
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.
Bhopal Palace, Main Entrance
[Original caption] Bhopal Palace–Main Entrance. The rulers of Bhopal have also been very friendly towards the British and the alliance dates back beyond a century. The State maintains a a force of regulators and cavalry, highly efficient.
Hyderabad. Arms Sellers
[Original caption] Arms Sellers, Hyderabad. Hyderabad, the capital of the state of the same name, is celebrated for its swords and other arms.
Chitpore Road, Calcutta
One of Tuck's very first Kolkata postcards, before they put explanatory captions on the back.
Chitpur (Chitpore) owes its name to goddess Chiteswari whose temple was destroyed during the earthquake of 1737. Chitpur road, one of Kolkata's oldest roads
