OM. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 2 PS. PARADURAMAN MATCH WORKS, METTAMALAI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.211.003]

 

Life of Subhash, c. 1945, Hem Chander Bhargava, Delhi, 27.5 x 29.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#412]

MYSOREKOTTAI. SPECIAL QUALITY. SAFETY MATCHES. PRICE RE 0,06. DHAMODRAN MATCH WORKS ELLAYIRAMPANNI, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.173.001]

Fig. 04: Shiva and Parvati riding on Shiva’s mount Nandi, textile label, circa 1910-20, 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm. Susan Meller Collection, California.

Fig. 42: RAS MEIN BHARAL JAWANI (A youth full of juices), subtitle: Bhojpuri Hits Dance Program. Singers: Bjli Rani, Geeta Rani, Paro Rani, Tara Rani, Rekha Rani, Barkha Rani and others. Publisher: T-SERIES VCD.

Fig. 10: Naqabposh (the masked), a monthly detective magazine in Hindi.

Fig. 16: Card and Gift shop in New Delhi, on Valentines Day, 2009, photograph by author.

Bharat Mata & Netaji. Print bearing signature of Brojen. Published by Picture Publishing Company, circa 1947. H. Daniel Smith Poster Archive, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University.

Fig. 17: Babur addresses his troops before the battle of Panipat. Panels from Amar Chitra Katha’s Babur (1977). Artist: Ram Waeerkar.

Astra Dan (gifting of weapon) by Sudhir Cowdhury, c. 1945, S.N.S., 24.5 x 19 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

The Commander-In-Chief of the Azad Hind Fauj - Subhas Chandra Bose by P. Dayal, c. 1945, Sham Sundar Lal, Cawnpore, 16 x 24 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [#431]

GANESH, 50’S, 20 PS, KAYARTEE MATCH WORKS, GUDIYATTAMNA, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm. Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [13.047.007]

THE OWL BRAND. N.M.W. SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.215.005]
 

OPENER. SUPERIOR QUALITY. SAFETY MATCH. PRICE 13 PS. SRI SAKTHIVEL MATCH WORKS. SIVAKANCHINAGAR SIVAKASI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.213.001]