Colonial Collection (page 2)

Lance Corporal of Ludhiana Sikhs
Lance-Naik (Lance Corporal) of the Ludhiana Sikhs. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

H. M.s Curacoa 1865
Conflicts with the savages of the New Hebrides, South Pacific Ocean. H.M.S Curacoa shelling the native villages on the island of Tanna

In Praise of the British Empire - Physical representations of the British territories of Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia give thanks to King George V

Great argonaut, cuttlefish and flying squid
Great argonaut, Argonauta argo 1, cuttlefish, Sepia tuberculata 2 and European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 3. Polpo dell argonauta, Seppia tubercolata, Calamajo sagittato

Giant Baobab Tree - Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1906

The Landing Stage at Ahvaz, Iran - WWI Xmas card
A rather unusual Christmas Greetings postcard, featuring a World War One era soldier (serving on the Mesopotamian front) in patriotic pose before an inset view of the Landing Stage at Ahvaz - a city

Greetings postcard, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India
Multiview greetings postcard from Mhow, a British Army cantonment (now Dr Ambedkar Nagar), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1910

View of the hill station of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India, with St Anthonys Church in the middle distance, and beef and mutton stalls on the left. Date: circa 1910s

Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay, India
Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1925

Swedish Church Mission, Mnene, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Group of people assembled after a baptism ceremony. Date: circa 1910

Main Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Cecil Rhodes Memorial in the distance on the left. Date: circa 1920

Military staff college, Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1920

Freemasons Hall, Quetta, Balochistan, British India
Freemasons Hall (McMahon Lodge), Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Kilindini Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, with Wardles Chemists, Photographers and Opticians. circa 1940

Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of India
Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India

All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, 1911
A diagram of the All-Red Route at the Festival of Empire, opened on 12th May 1911 by King George V and Queen Mary. The route was essentially an electric railway line laid down at a cost of 90

A view down Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia Date: circa 1930s

Street view, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Street view from Kamania Gate, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1910s

Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India
Aerial view of the Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1910s

Main Street in Kurseong, Darjeeling district, India
Main Street in Kurseong, a hill station in the Darjeeling district, India, with a narrow gauge railway track running along it. Date: circa 1910

Victoria Chambers, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India
Victoria Chambers, Whiteaway Laidlaw & Co Ltd, Department Store, Chowringhee, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1920

King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah - 1911. Date: 1911

Senegal and Niger, French Colonies in Africa - Map showing main transport routes. Date: circa 1909

Hunting Trophies - A Good Bag - British East Africa (Modern Kenya). Date: circa 1910s

MENDOZA, Antonio de (1450-1552). Viceroy of Mexico (1535-1549). SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum

Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East London
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935. This was a typical big Thamesside fire of the sort which the London Fire Brigade has tackled for over

A Good Samaritan - Indian Soldier - WWI
A Good Samaritan - Colonial Indian Soldier from Delhi aids a wounded French trooper - WWI. He leads him to the safety of the Allied lines on the back of a Donkey Date: circa 1917

Lord Kitchener reviewing Indian Troops - WWI
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, reviewing Indian troops - World War one era

Poster depicting Colombo, Ceylon
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting dock workers loading and unloading cargo at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Jijel, Algeria - Hotel Djidjelli-Plage
Jijel (Djidjelli, Igilgili), Algeria - The Hotel Djidjelli-Plage. Algeria was (at this point) still under French control - hence the tricolore flying from the rooftop flagpole. circa 1920s

William Palmer, Earl of Selborne, First Lord of Admiralty
William Palmer (1859-1942), 2nd Earl of Selborne, British politician, colonial administrator and First Lord of the Admiralty. Date: 1901

Saigon, Vietnam - The Hotel des Postes (Central Post Office) - designed by Architect Marie-Alfred Foulhoux (1840-1892). Date: circa 1910s

Jalan Kesawan, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
Jalan Kesawan (street) in Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Date: circa 1920s

Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Sigiriya (Sinhagiri) Rock Fortress, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres high. Date: circa 1920s

Young woman tapping a rubber tree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi, British India
Hindu Gymkhana, Sarwar Shaheed Road, Karachi, Sindh, British India (now in Pakistan), built in Mughal-Revival style. It was originally a club for the Hindu upper classes

Greens Mansions, Bombay, India
Greens Mansions, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1910s

Saddar Bazaar, Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India
Saddar Bazaar, a shopping street in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). circa 1920

Advert, Australian Butter for the Homeland. 1936

Elegant building of the Casino de Belvedere - Tunis, Tunisia
Elegant building of the Casino de Belvedere at Tunis, Tunisia. Date: circa 1908

George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore
GEORGE CALVERT, first lord BALTIMORE (1580 - 1632) Colonial entrepreneur, who acquired Maryland, though he never visited there. Date: circa 1610

Bus service, Khewra, Punjab, British India
Bus service on a street in Khewra, a salt mining district in Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: 1933

Illustration, A Song of the English, Thames Embankment
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Tanga Harbour, Tanzania
Tanga Harbour, British East Africa (now Tanzania). Date: circa 1920s

Sea Scout of 1st Suva Group, Fiji, South Pacific
Leslie G. Keys, Sea Scout of the 1st Suva Group, Fiji, South Pacific, with the British flag. The mat hanging behind him is to be presented to the Chief Scout

Baden Powell with Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
Group photo, Sir Robert Baden Powell, Chief Scout, during a visit to the Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa, 18 July 1912. Date: 1912

Rickshaw transport, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - George V - 1911
The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - 12th December 1911. The King Emperor (George V) and Queen Empress (Mary) presenting themselves to their people Date: 1911

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