Three Uncommon Views of British Era Bombay – 3 Postcards 1900

Three Uncommon Views of British Era Bombay – 3 Postcards 1900

Three uncommon views of British Era Bombay from three 1900s picture postcards. The first postcard shows an Arab Ship or Dhow under construction probably at Mazgaon in Bombay. The second postcard is that of the huge Tata Mansion at Waudby Road (now Hazarimal Somani Road) in Bombay. It faced the Esplanade and was the most palatial house in Bombay at the time. The third is Wodehouse Road, which runs in the north-south direction connecting Captain Prakash Pethe Marg and Colaba Causeway. 

Also read These photographs of Tata properties serve as a window to Bombay in the 1880s.

Did you know – the dhow, the sea-going ship of the Arabian traders, is believed to be of Indian design. It was introduced for use on the coastal trading route between India and Europe through the Red Sea by the people of the Arabian peninsula several centuries BC.

Past posts – Vintage Raja Ravi Varma “Saraswati” Oleograph., Old Courthouse Street British Era Calcutta, 1880 Photo., The Outskirts Of Delhi Jama Masjid – Old Print 1800s.