1920-1929

1920-1929

The Indian Courtyard

This promotional postcard for the British Empire Exhibition in London in 1924 was signed by Ernest Maitland Coffin (1868-1944), apparently a successful commercial artist.

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Ahmed din Buildings Rawalpindi

A real-photo postcard printed the wrong way around. By the late teens it was becoming more common for publishers to print postcards on photographic paper the size and with the backing of postcards; this was possibly commissioned by Ahmed Din.

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Camping in Kashmir

Addressed to Miss Hill, 59 High Street, Wollaster, W. Hosnbridge, Worcesteshire, England, [no year]: "Kashmir Oct. 25. So very sorry to hear of Mrs. Hipwood's death. I remember him very well. So glad you can have seen all the children.

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Camel Caravan in Karachi, India - November 1929

[Verso] "Camel Caravan W Karachi India Nov 1929"

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City and Third Bridge, Srinagar, Kashmir

Adressed to Miss Diana Penton, c/o Miss Oughton-Giles, St. Mary's, Chislehurst, Kent, England: "We are very busy packing, so I can only find time for a card.

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Rabindranath Tagore

It is hard to over estimate the importance of Rabindranath Tagore at the beginning of the 20th century.

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[India Artist Card]

An Italian fantasy art card from the 1920s.

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Victoria Memorial, Calcutta. King Edward VII Memorial Arch.

The Victoria Memorial of Kolkata was constructed between 1906 and 1921. Note the fine juxtaposition of the cow grazing and the statue of the horse being ridden by Edward VII above the gateway.

Nirad Chaudhuri describes, in his youth, how the