Bombay Collection (page 5)

Parsi Fire Temple in Bombay
Parsi (Zoroastrian) Fire Temple in Bombay. Zoroastrianism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster (aka Zarathustra)

Lord Curzons Departure from Bombay
Lord Curzon described India as the dream of my childhood, the fulfilled ambition of my manhood. Here he is shown leaving from Bombay on 18th November 1905. Date: 4th November 1911

Mumbai (Bombay), India - View from the Clocktower Date: circa 1907

Vegetable Vendor - Bombay, India
Vegetable Vendor - Mumbai (Bombay), India Date: circa 1930s

Poona Division at Bombay Dock, India, WW1
Troops of the Poona Division embarking at Bombay Docks, India, for service in Mesopotamia at the start of the First World War. Date: October 1914

Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai Harbour, India
Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour, India Date: 1935

RC Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai, India
Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai, India Date: circa 1907

Edward VII / India
As Prince of Wales, Edward arrives in Bombay at the start of his India tour Date: 8 November 1875

Horse Racing / Bombay / 1847
The horse races at Aboo, in Bombay. Date: 1847

India / Bombay Street 1931
Bombay: street scene with ox cart Date: 1931

India / Bombay Street 1890
Bombay: street scene in the White Town Date: 1890s

India / Bombay / Null Bazaar
Bombay: Null Bazaar Date: early 20th century

India / Bombay Street 1840
Bombay: busy street scene Date: circa 1840

Weighing cotton, India
Weighing cotton at Bombay for the English Market. A scribe with a parasol look on from above and makes notes

Cotton Store, Bombay
A group of Indian cotton workers relax amongst the cotton bales

Parsi Fire Temple near Dhobi Talao, Bombay
Parsi (Indian Zoroastrian) Fire Temple near Dhobi Talao, Bombay (Mumbai), on a Parsi Holiday

Ear Picker - India
A wonderful postcard depicting an Indian ear picker and client in Bombay (Mumbai)

Bombay - Dancing Girls
Two dancing girls - Bombay

Hindu Marriage ceremony - Bombay, India

Poster advertising the Flying Ranee train service, also known as Queen of the Western Coast, operating between Mumbai and Surat

Indian cavalry rehearsing for royal visit, Bombay
Indian cavalry rehearsing at the Apollo Bandar in Bombay, in preparation for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar

Approaching Bombay by sea
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, showing passengers on board a ship, approaching Bombay

India - Parsee Ladies
India - Parsi (Parsee) Ladies chatting on some steps close to a pool in Bombay. A Parsi a member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent

India - Van Gari Woman leading an Ox and carrying cloth in a basket on on her head

India - Indian Dancing Girl and Musicians
India - Indian Dancing Girl and two Musicians, one playing tabla drums and the other playing an unusual stringed instrument

India - A happy country girl
A jolly country girl in India from the region close to Bombay (Mumbai), holding a small sickle in her right hand and standing alongside a large bale of hay

Diamond Jubilee Gathering at the Queens Statue, Bombay
Loyal Diamond Jubilee Gathering in 1897 at the Queens Statue, Bombay

India - Pigeon Post envelope
A Pigeon Post envelope used to send a message to Vice Admiral Herbert Fitzherbert CB C.M.G from Kalyan to Bombay (a distance of thirty miles)

Bombay (Mumbai) Policeman
Policeman in uniform from Bombay (Mumbai), India

Tom Titt / Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), British writer and poet, born in Bombay, India

Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, 1874
Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, by two vessels of the Royal Navy, H.M.S. Rifleman and H.M.S. Philomel and the Hugh Rose, a vessel from the Bombay Marine service

Attack on Schinss
British soldiers from Bombay prepare to attack the pirate stronghold of Schirss, in the Persian Gulf

The Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock, Bombay, 1872
Engraving of the Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock on Hog Island, Bombay, opened on the 16th November 1872. This graving dock could take ships up to 400 foot long

Percy H. Ezechiel, 1890
Photograph of Percy H. Ezechiel, who achieved his B.A. at the Bombay University aged 15, in 1890

Bombay Fishing Boat
Two-masted sailing boat used by the fishermen of Bombay

Bombay Sliding Gunter

Bombay Dinghy
Sailing dinghy of Bombay

The Asia, dismastered by a waterspout, on her passage to Bom
The Asia dismasted by a waterspout on her passage from Port Phillip to Bombay. The rain flooded the decks ankle deep, the fall of the foremast had crushed all that lay beneth. Date: 22nd April 1854

India / Bombay C1745
Bombay: general view from the sea, when the city was the property of the East India Company of England

Cinema, Bombay
The Novelty Theatre Cinematograoh, Bombay : in India as elsewhere, the first cinemas are converted premises in existing buildings, rather than purpose-built venues

Dancer & Bombay Staff
A dancer performs before a member of the Bombay Staff Corps. It was the disapproval of the British in India which drove Indian dance styles to the brink of extinction

Telegraph Boy (Petherick
London characters: the TELEGRAPH BOY is the human link in the chain which can bring a message from New York or Bombay to Belgrave Square, delivering it by hand

Street Scene in Bombay
A horse-drawn tram makes its way down a Bombay street, but no one is hurrying to get out of its way

Indian 3rd Class Coach
Rolling stock : a double- decker third class carriage on the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway

British colonials arrive at Bombay docks, India, and are welcomed ashore

Zoroastrian Baptism
Baptism by fire, practised by the Parsees of Bombay State, India, followers of Zoroaster (Zarathustra) to whom fire is sacred

Parsee Marriage Ceremony
Marriage ceremony among the Parsees (Zoroastrians) in Bombay State

Officer in Indian Home
A civilian officer of the Bombay Staff Corps is brought a letter by a messenger - barked at by his dog - while his servant provides a pot of tea

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