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Ooty In The Nilgiris (#1), 1880 Photo Old 1880 photo of Ooty in the Nilgiris or the Blue Mountains. It shows a sprawling and unique landscape of a 19th-century Ooty. Today the tourist town displays a more unfamiliar landscape of a crowded hill station with excessive commercialization. Colonial-era Englishmen and Europeans would frequent the hill station [...]
Coir Retting By Women In Travancore, 1870 Photo An 1870 photo of coir retting by Women in Travancore in the 19th century. Coir retting is making coconut husk into processed coir for use in making finished coir goods. The women are working on coconut husks in one of Travancore's famous backwaters, what is notable is the [...]
A Palm Grove Bombay - Old Postcard 1903 This is an old 1903 postcard of a palm grove in Bombay, now Mumbai. Once lined on both sides of the road where coconut palms and old tiled houses. This is a throwback to the days of a lush and unhurried Mumbai that is unimaginable today. Bombay's transformation [...]
Vintage Book 1881 - Everyday Life In India Title: Everyday Life In India Author: By A. D. Rowe Publishers: American Tract Society, New York Year: 1881 Pages: 402, including illustrations Dimension: 7½ x 5 Inches This book as the name suggests, is about daily life in India. Published in 1881 and is well illustrated. This is [...]
The Coast of Colaba In Bombay, 1890 Photo An 1890 photo of the Colaba coast in Bombay (Mumbai). Some ships are seen anchored off the coast. Buildings and houses are visible on the coastline. Colaba was one of the seven islands before Bombay was reclaimed into a single landmass. Located south of the Fort area, it [...]
Prongs Lighthouse Bombay - Old Postcard With FDC 1900 This is an old 1900 Postcard and a First Day Cover of the Prongs Lighthouse Bombay or Mumbai. The First Day Cover or FDC is from the Indian Department of Posts, commemorating 125 years of the Lighthouse in Colaba, Mumbai. Built by the British in 1874 it has [...]
Vintage Book - Le Cid By Corneille French Classic Le Cid is a French classic, although this book is in English. First performed in 1636 in Paris. And is based on the life of the Spanish warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, who lived around 1043-1099AD. Read more about Le Cid. Book title: Le Cid Author: Corneille [...]
Click on the photo for better view Fort St George In Madras - Antique Map / Plan 1782 This is an antique 1782 map/plan of Fort St George in Madras, now Chennai. Engraved by Francis Cary Sculp, published Sep 7, 1782, by J. Fielding Pater Noster Row. Print measures 26 x 22 cm. To go back [...]
