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Old Book 1979- The Great Cities/Bombay Title- Bombay Author- Dom Moraes Publisher- Time-Life Books Year- 1979 Pages- 200 This is a book well written and not surprisingly profusely illustrated with photos. That shows the life and times of the maximum city called Bombay, now Mumbai in the 1970s. The cover shows a throng of people celebrating [...]
On India's Pepper Trail By Vasco Da Gama, 1920 Card A 1920 card of Vasco Da Gama during his pepper trail to India from Portugal. Which took him to Calicut (Kozhikode) by the maritime route. The back has text in Dutch, translated - "Western Europe knew the way overland to India, source of gems and spices. [...]
Madras Central Railway Station, British Era Greeting Card 1920 An old 1920 British-era greeting card showing the Madras Central Railway Station. The first Christmas card was brought out in 1843 by a Britisher Henry Cole in England. Since then greeting cards have become vogue the world over cutting across all religions or communities. Many of the [...]
Click on the photo for better view City of Cowlang or Kollam In South India - Antique Map 1750 This is an antique map of Cowlang or Kollam in South India from around the 1750s. At that time part of the southern end of the Malabar Coast. Also known as Quilon was a trading post of [...]
Click on the photo for better view Century In Malabar Peirce Leslie & Co - Old Book Title- Century In Malabar The History of Peirce Leslie & Co., Ltd Edited by- W. K. M. Langley Preface- by C. Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India 1948-1950 Publishers- The Madras Advertising Company Pvt Ltd Year- 1962 Pages- 150 Dimension- 9 [...]
Click on the photo for better view Backwater View From Rajendra Maidan Kochi - Old Postcard This is an old 1950 photo postcard of the backwater view from Rajendra Maidan, Kochi. The ground is an indispensable part of Kochi, once the city's most popular open space. But the Rajendra Maidan gate seems to be locked quite often. [...]
Click on the photo to get a better view Rachamah or Egyptian Vulture 1790 Copperplate Engraving This is an antique 1790 print of the Egyptian Vulture also known as Rachamah in Hebrew. The text reads "Rachamah" and "London Published Feb 10th, 1790 by G. Robinson & Co." This copperplate engraving reminds us that the bird once [...]
One Of The Earliest Cars In Mumbai - Old Photo 1932 This is a 1932 photograph of one of the earliest cars in Bombay, now Mumbai. The car is the Curved Dash Oldsmobile. A handwritten date "1932" is inscribed at the back. This is one of the earliest automobiles in Mumbai dating to 1903. The 1 [...]
