Stumbled across these amazing vintage pictures of Indian women from 1880s-1910s here. The website, called Old Indian Photos, is full of images of ....surprise surprise...snake charmers, beggars, hungry children, women worshiping cows. Basically, the endlessly repeated, stereotypical image of Indians by Western Photographers. I did however, find some really lovely pictures of what women wore- elegant saris gracefully draped in a variety of styles.
c 1888, Bombay Presidency- Love the narrow trousers and draped sari look
Hand coloured postcard c 1910
c 1870s
Date unknown- beautiful checks and stripes
Date unknown - another hand colourerd postcard.
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