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This is a holding page for matters of relevance to Fibiwiki Postcard project.

Fred Bremnerspent 40years in India taking a wonderful selection of photos some of which formed the basis for postcards. (harappa.com)
Artist drawn vintage postcards of Indiadakotaboo-vintage-postcards.blogspot.co.uk

History of Postcards wikipedia.com. Has section on Postcards in British India which mentions they were first introduced in July 1879 at a cost of 1/4 anna.
Postcards: A Neglected Source of Anthropological Data by R.E.S. Tanner Contains references to postcards of India
Picturing Mountains as Hills "Hill Station postcards and the Tales They Tell" by Shashwati Talukdar
P&O Collection archive postcards of Strathmore (1935) and Ranchi (1925)Alex Naughton. flickr.com

Metropostcard.comWebsite of Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City. Lots of excellent background information related to the hobby of postcard collecting.
Indian heritageindian-heritage-and-culture.blogspot.co.uk. A blog which displays a great variety of Indian postcards linked by subject. For example Indian Woman Performing Pooja Rituals and Prayers vintage postcards

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 ====Useful Websites for general background information====
 *[http://www.metropostcard.com/index.html Metropostcard.com]Website of Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City. Lots of excellent background information related to the hobby of postcard collecting.
+*[http://indian-heritage-and-culture.blogspot.co.uk/ Indian heritage]indian-heritage-and-culture.blogspot.co.uk.  A blog which displays a great variety of Indian postcards linked by subject. For example [http://indian-heritage-and-culture.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/indian-woman-performing-pooja-rituals.html Indian Woman Performing Pooja Rituals and Prayers vintage postcards]
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