The Tatschali Line In Bombay, Shipping Advertising Postcard 1899
An 1899 shipping advertising postcard titled “The Tatschali Line In Bombay”. The postcard scene is reproduced from an original painting of Bombay’s native quarter in the 1890s. The painting was believed to be done by an Austrian painter Josef Hoffman when he had come to India on a tour around the 1890s.
Due to its mass appeal and reach postcard advertising was common from the end of the 19th century. They were the Instagrams of today. Before the arrival of airplanes, steam-powered liners, and ships were the only travel lifelines for both passengers and goods across the seas. It was the transportation network of the British Empire that reached the remotest corners of the earth.
It ensured the reliability of the constant flow of people and goods around the world. There were sophisticated ocean liners some of them were the RMS Viceroy of India, SS Resolute, etc. However, the onset of air travel drastically reduced the need for the slow travel of shipping liners greatly.
Also read RMS Viceroy of India. See post Railway Life Train Journey Across India – Old Photo 1929.
Did you know- The British East India Company started the first post office in India in 1764
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