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First Steamer To Sail From England To India, 1900 Glass Photo An old 1900 glass slide photo of the first steamer that sailed from England to India in 1825. The steamer is the "Enterprise" the first to sail from England to India. Before the use of steamers (steamships), ships used sails and depended on winds to ....read more
Back Bay & Wooded Malabar Hill Bombay, 1890 Photo An 1890 photo of the Back Bay and the wooded Malabar Hill area in Bombay (Mumbai). Malabar Hill and Back Bay were part of the "H" shaped Bombay Island before the reclamation. A lone boat seems to stand in anchor near the shores of the Back Bay. ....read more
First Line Beach British Era Madras, 1880 Photo An 1880 photo of the First Line Beach street of British-era Madras (Chennai). Once known as the First Line Beach or North Beach Road, now it is the Rajaji Salai. Probably the first commercial street in Madras. Before that commercial businesses were more or less based inside the ....read more
Ripon Building Municipal Offices Madras - 2 Postcards 1915 Two 1915 photo postcards of the Ripon Building Municipal Offices in Madras (Chennai). The Ripon Building stands magnificently in white on EVR Periyar Salai or EVR High Road. Earlier known as Poonamallee High Road and originally the Grand Western Trunk Road. It was one of the five ....read more
The Chepauk Palace Madras, 1900 Postcard An old 1900 postcard of the Chepauk Palace in Madras (Chennai). Among the buildings on the Marina Beach area is the striking Chepauk Palace. Which belonged to the Nawab of Carnatic until 1855. This palace pioneered the Indo-Saracenic architectural style. The style later followed by Robert Chisholm, Henry Irwin, and ....read more
View of Bangalore From The Fort, 1900 Stereo Photo An old 1900 stereo photo with a view of Bangalore from the Bangalore Fort. Next to Madras (now Chennai), the capital of the Southern Presidency, Bangalore ranked as an important city during the British era. It grew from a cluster of villages to what it ....read more
Secretariat & Statue Fort St George Madras, 1880 Photo An old 1880 photo of the Fort House & Cornwallis Statue in Fort St George in Madras. You will spot a canopy with columns housed with Lord Cornwallis' marble statue. The canopy is positioned right in front of the Fort St George Secretariat (Fort House), see ....read more
Lake Ulsoor the Once Beautiful Lake of Bangalore, 1900 PC A 1900 postcard of Lake Ulsoor the once beautiful lake of Bangalore, now Bengaluru. The Ulsoor or Halasur or Alasur Lake is believed to be a man-made water body. Some say created by Kempe Gowda the chieftain of Karnataka in the 16th century. It was named ....read more
