An early postcard of Kashmir by R. E. Shorter, a little known photographer who would have competed with Fred Bremner as one of the first to publish postcards of the princely state. The white space below the image would have been used for the message.
This card with its carefully arranged colorful stamps was postmarked March 16, 1911 in Egypt, and likely sent in an envelope to someone as there is no address on the back and likely was destined for a collector.
Princess Jahanara's Tomb was built during her lifetime and completed in 1681, the year of her death.
Constructed in 1880 by the Nawab of Bahawalpur of bricks made from mud from the Chenab River, the Multan Club has thirteen domes in what is called a Turkish style. Today it is the Army Garrison Mess, and hosts many weddings.
There are many such postcard views, trying to celebrate in a humorous way, life for colonists during the British Raj.
Compare to the black and white version.
Motilal Nehru was the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, and a very popular politician during the early struggle for Independence, and twice President of the Indian National Congress.
The pipeline under a 4 kilometer walk between Nathiagali and Ayubia is still a popular, spectacular walk and was apparently first built in 1851 and improved in 1930.
Many of the very few postcards of Bangladesh from pre-Partition times are by Catholic missionaries in Mymensingh in particular, here shown incongruously on a bullock cart.
[Original French title] Catechistes Missionnaires de Marie Immaculee -
Government House in Peshawar was completed in 1903, and has been expanded while keeping the same design since. The angle and style of photographs of Government Houses throughout the Raj were meant to assert the authority of the colonial regime.
This hand-painted postcard has this message written across the back in ink, likely by a European owner: "Ganesh, Ganpati the elephant-headed God. The Hindus invoke his name when they commence any important business.
