The printing range and the scene
The Newberry Library’s Lahore, Delhi Gate postcard is credited to Raphael Tuck and Sons and catalogued as printed between 1903 and 1959. Its call number is Midwest MS Lauder LL 9756 copy 1, within the Leonard A. Lauder postcard collection. The record identifies the Oilettes category and English language. This describes a particular published card, not a securely dated exposure of the street. Preserve the broad printing range rather than selecting an attractive year from it. A catalogue’s modern Pakistan–Lahore place heading likewise locates the subject; it does not show that the card was printed after Pakistan’s creation.[1]
A sheet of selected views
Strathclyde reference GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1308 describes ten Lahore postcard views mounted on one sheet. The listed subjects include a bazaar, a street, the General Post Office, two cathedrals, the fort and Shalamar Garden. The maker is anonymous and the date unspecified. This assembled selection is itself worth recording: the archived sheet brings several views into a single object. It does not establish that they were photographed, printed or purchased together. Nor does its recorded chalk endorsement supply an exposure year. Retain the sheet reference and individual caption when citing one view from the group.[2]
Colour and an unknown maker
British Library Photo 1107(136) is catalogued as a coloured postcard of the Golden Temple’s central shrine, with an unknown photographer and a circa 1900–1910 date range. The description identifies a format and subject without recovering a maker. It cannot, by itself, establish whether the colour reproduces the scene’s appearance at a particular moment. No reverse or postal marking was inspected for this guide, so no sender, recipient, journey or mailing date is inferred. A useful citation keeps the shelfmark, approximate range and missing authorship together instead of turning a familiar monument into a complete documentary context.[3]
Sources & notes
Source records include access dates and, where known, limits on what was examined. Checks used AI assistance; independent human or specialist review has not been completed.
- Newberry Library. Lahore, Delhi Gate: LL 9756 copy 1 / NL12SG4Z ↗institutional collection catalogue · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Complete relevant record: publisher, 1903–1959 printing range, Oilettes, collection title, call number and identifier. Accessed 2026-11-02.Actual full relevant object page read. The postcard front, reverse, postal markings and original photograph were not independently examined or reproduced. The range dates printing, not necessarily the scene. The United States rights-status field is not treated as a worldwide image-use permission.Return to The printing range and the scene, paragraph 1 ↑
- University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections. Lahore postcard sheet, GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1308 ↗institutional collection catalogue · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Complete relevant item body in catalogue results: reference 1308, ten listed views, single mounted sheet, anonymous, no date and recorded chalk endorsement. Accessed 2026-11-02.Actual complete relevant item body supplied by the search reader. A direct request to the equivalent atom.lib catalogue returned 403. No individual card or original sheet was examined.Return to A sheet of selected views, paragraph 1 ↑
- British Library. Golden Temple of Amritsar, Photo 1107(136) ↗institutional collection catalogue · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Photo 1107(136): title, coloured postcard description, unknown photographer and circa 1900–1910 date range. Accessed 2026-11-05.The direct catalogue record was checked. The item is listed for physical consultation by appointment; no postcard image, reverse, stamp or original negative was examined. Access conditions can change.Return to Colour and an unknown maker, paragraph 1 ↑
Record PH-COL-0065 · English edition · human review not performed