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Three Views Of British Era Bombay - 4 Postcards 1900
Three Views Of British Era Bombay – 3 Postcards 1900
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Three Views Of British Era Bombay – 3 Postcards 1900

Three Views Of British Era Bombay – 3 Postcards 1900

Bombay Postcards, Old India Postcards

Three Views Of British Era Bombay - 4 Postcards 1900 Three old photo postcard views of British Era Bombay, now ....read more

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1985 Book - The Letters of Edwin Lutyens
1985 Book – The Letters of Edwin Lutyens
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1985 Book – The Letters of Edwin Lutyens

1985 Book – The Letters of Edwin Lutyens

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Making of Bombay's Famous Marine Drive, 1923 Photo
Making of Bombay’s Famous Marine Drive, 1923 Photo
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Making of Bombay’s Famous Marine Drive, 1923 Photo

Making of Bombay’s Famous Marine Drive, 1923 Photo

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Making of Bombay's Famous Marine Drive, 1923 Photo Rare 1923 photo of the making of Bombay's (Mumbai) famous Marine Drive. ....read more

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Rare View of Delhi Electric Tram, Old Photo 1950
Rare View of Delhi Electric Tram, Old Photo 1950
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Rare View of Delhi Electric Tram, Old Photo 1950

Rare View of Delhi Electric Tram, Old Photo 1950

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Rare View of Delhi Electric Tram, Old Photo 1950 An old 1950 photo that gives a rare view of the ....read more

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Calcutta To London Flight By Flying Boat, 1946 Print
Calcutta To London Flight By Flying Boat, 1946 Print
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Calcutta To London Flight By Flying Boat, 1946 Print

Calcutta To London Flight By Flying Boat, 1946 Print

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Overland Route To India Before Opening Of The Suez Canal, 1851 Map.
Overland Route To India Before Opening of Suez Canal, 1851 Map
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Overland Route To India Before Opening of Suez Canal, 1851 Map

Overland Route To India Before Opening of Suez Canal, 1851 Map

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Overland Route To India Before Opening Of The Suez Canal, 1851 Map. A rare 1851 map showing the overland route ....read more

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Horse Tram On Esplanade Road Bombay, 1906 PC A very interesting 1906  postcard of Horse Trams on the Esplanade Road in Bombay (Mumbai). This horse tram on Esplanade Road in Bombay offers a rare glimpse of the city from the early 20th century. With horse trams, carts, and people on its streets. The curved building on the left is the Old Oriental Building. The Esplanade Road now Mahatma Gandhi Road looks very appealing in this early 1900s postcard. With its broad street and unhurried crowd, the horse trams seem to add a certain charm. The horse-driven trams were visible up to 1907 on the streets of Bombay, it first started operation in 1874 and was replaced with electric trams in 1907. By 1964 the city's tramway service was sadly discontinued completely for lack of space. The Esplanade Road or Mahatma Gandhi Road cuts across the Flora Fountain intersection. It is one of the earliest thoroughfares of the city, made prominent after the demolition of Fort George's walls in 1862. The postcard has some handwritten text in French on the front.  Also read Once upon a time in Mumbai. Did you know - there were some efforts to revive the city's tramway in around 2017 but the project did not materialize for some reason.  From the collection - 1964 M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal Art Abstract (#14)., View of Madras Harbour & Parry’s, Old Photo 1870., Ruins Of Purana Qila Delhi, Old Print 1909., B B & C I Railway Oil Tanker – Old Photo 1920s. The images are of the actual items from my collection. And Not a photocopy, pirated, reproduced, stock photos, or taken from other sources.
Horse Tram On Esplanade Road Bombay, 1906 PC
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Horse Tram On Esplanade Road Bombay, 1906 PC

Horse Tram On Esplanade Road Bombay, 1906 PC

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Horse Tram On Esplanade Road Bombay, 1906 PC A very interesting 1906  postcard of Horse Trams on the Esplanade Road ....read more

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Views of Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay, 3 Postcards 1910
Views of Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay, 3 Postcards 1910
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Views of Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay, 3 Postcards 1910

Views of Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay, 3 Postcards 1910

Bombay Postcards, Old India Postcards

Views of Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay, 3 Old Postcards 1910. Three old 1910 photo postcards showing different views of the ....read more

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King George V & Queen Mary At Calcutta - 3 Photos 1912
King George V & Queen Mary At Calcutta – 3 Photos 1912
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King George V & Queen Mary At Calcutta – 3 Photos 1912

King George V & Queen Mary At Calcutta – 3 Photos 1912

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King George V & Queen Mary At Calcutta - 3 Photos 1912 Three old 1912 photos show the expectant arrival ....read more

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Royal Bombay Yacht Club, 1915 Old Photo
Royal Bombay Yacht Club, 1915 Old Photo
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Royal Bombay Yacht Club, 1915 Old Photo

Royal Bombay Yacht Club, 1915 Old Photo

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Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” Oleograph 1894

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This site illustrates a past India through a collection of antique and vintage mediums of Raja Ravi Varma oleographs, old India photos, old postcards, old paper prints, and so on.

Although the collection may or may not be too varied, but generally projects a glimpse to what India looked like in the past. And how it has evolved since then. Few would realize that once there were Trams in Bombay, Madras, Delhi…

That, Madras operated the first electric Tram in India from 1895 up to its closure in 1953. With Calcutta and Bombay starting off with Horse-Drawn Trams, later electrifying them by the early 1900s.

That, in World War II, they camouflaged the Taj Mahal with bamboo scaffoldings. So as to project it as a construction site that perhaps would fool any air attacks from the Germans and Japanese might, although this never happened. All in all, the jewel in this collection is the rare Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” oleograph or chromolithograph of 1894. This was the first oleograph to come out from the then newly opened Raja Ravi Varma Fine Arts Lithograph Press(or FAL press) in 1894.

The many legacies of the British Raj are not missed out in this collection. Many of the buildings and streets have gone through several makeovers to the extent of being unrecognizable today or have completely disappeared from the scene. But the memories are kept alive hopefully to some extent by this collection.

As they say- “seeing is believing.” Hope you enjoy this collection. Please write to us at- info@past-india.com

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You can see the main categories on the top of the page, and except for the “Raja Ravi Varma Oleograph & Other Art” category all the other main categories have drop-down to sub-categories. You can then select the subject of your interest or you can check through the search box and if available it will display the results. The photos, prints & picture postcards depict a varied subjects of a Past India we may have forgotten- from people on the streets to people at grand events like Delhi durbar, from Taj Mahal to Gateway of India, from residential areas to commercial areas, from home exterior to interior of homes and so on. This site also includes a photo of "Charlie Chaplin" with his autograph signed on the back. There are also old maps, books, Raja Ravi Varma’s oelographs etc. “A picture is worth a thousand words” is an old adage, I’m sure this blog should interest you likewise. All the items displayed are from my personal collection unless otherwise specified.

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