Collection of Postcards of India, 1886-1975, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
Collection of approximately 10,000 postcards of life in India in the late 19th through mid 20th century. The postcards were arranged by the collector into groups by location or topic, such as: cities; hill stations; expositions; Pakistan; people; religion; and transportation. The postcards were originally housed in binders, so the folder titles refer to the title of the binder and title of the section within the binder (if provided), both of which were created by the collector, for example "Bombay, public buildings" means the binder was titled "Bombay" and the section title was "public buildings". The collection also includes trade cards, photographs, and advertisements.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1975, undated
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
7.46 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Dutch; Flemish
German
French
Italian
Hungarian
Portuguese
Chinese
Undetermined
Spanish; Castilian
Hindi
Japanese
Esperanto
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Czech
Abstract
Collection of approximately 10,000 postcards of life in India in the late 19th through mid 20th century. The postcards were arranged by the collector into groups by location or topic, such as: cities; hill stations; expositions; Pakistan; people; religion; and transportation.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
This collection was donated by Paul Walter on March 4, 2011 (Acc 2011.010).
Processing Information
This material was placed in acid free folders.
- Title
- Collection of Postcards of India, 1886-1975, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Aubri Skaggs, Hilary Streifer
- Date
- February 2023
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository