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"Captured in Time: 10 Iconic Postcards from the British Era depicting Life in India"

Vintage Images British India

A 1930 picture of a girl from Arnauli wearing a sari with lace details

Asia India Victoria memorial Calcutta

Dhobi Ghat at Mahalakshmi, India ca 1910s

Ganpati Immersion at Chowpatty, Bombay, India ca 1910s

India Delhi Sultan Ghari's Tomb

India Diwan Khas With Black & White Marble Thrones Taj In The Distance

india, PUNJAB, Armed Sikh Man, Kirpan (1930s)

iran persia, Islamic Priest and his Son, Islam (1904)

Street Scene, Banaras, India Varanasi Benares c1940s

The Human Puzzle, India Rubber man Juggler Unused light wear left bottom corn

Captured in Time: Vintage Images of Life in British India

A 19th-century British colonial household in India European paleness has been held up as an ideal

India In The 19th Century.

Portrait of Sir Pratab Singh with his entourage, India (1882)

HH Maharaja TAKHAT SINGH (Jodhpur)

Rare Old Photos Of 19th Century India From Lucknow To Lahore

Amazing Vintage Photos of the Life in India in the 19th Century .

India In The 19th Century.

The Maharani of Nepal and her ladies-in-waiting, Nepal (1885-1894)

Title: "Imprints of British Rule: Life in British India"

1-People who work as driers of manure with their wares piled up in baskets. Two balance piles of dried manure on their heads. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1875

2-The soldiers of the Indian army who constitute the Viceroy of India's bodyguard. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1880

3-Indian princes and British Army officers in the Hyderabad contingent polo team. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1880

4-A young woman in Darjeeling, India. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1880

5-Sir G. Campbells meeting with the King of Sikkim in Darjeeling. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1880

6-Polo players from Manipur in India prepare for a match, circa 1885. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A rope bridge at Rampur in India, circa 1870.

A young Kanchain woman, circa 1880.

Jwahir Loll, a Hindu banker from Allyghur, India, circa 1870

Marwari cloth merchants in India, circa 1870.

"Capturing History: Vintage Images of Colonial Rule in British India (1930-1940)"

-British and Indian police officers rounded up Pathan rioters in Dongri, Bombay during the Hindu/Muslim riots in 1932 while British soldiers look on.

The Viceroy of India, Lord Wellington, studied a map in front of the Khyber Pass. The British never really managed to pacify the hinterland of the border crossing in north-west India. Here the authority of the respective tribal leaders applied. Today the pass separates Pakistan from Afghanistan.

A page of the press book 'Promoting speak easily' (1932) starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante and Thelma Todd at the Capitol Cinema, a theater of present-day Mumbai, India; 1932