Fig. 13: Bar Dancer, Vibhavari Varma, novel cover.

POWER. BEST QUALITY. SAFETY MATCH. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 20 PS. THIRUMAL MATCH INDUSTRIES, PETHUREDDIPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.274.005]

 

PRAKASH (Also in Hindi Text). SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S 20 PS. DAMP PROOF. [Tamil Text].  Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.276.007]

 

Sarghas Chhaap, Swadeshi Machis (agitation brand, indigenous maches), Shri Krishna Agency, Mumbai 3, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.042.008]

Dandi Mein Namak ki Loot (stealing of salt in Dandi) by Prabhu Dayal, c. 1931, Shyam Sundar Lal, Cawnpore, 24.5 x 18 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Hindi text at bottom: Sabarmati ashram se Dandi pahunch kar Mahatama Gandhi ji apne valentieron ke saath namak been rahe hain (Going from Sabarmati ashram to Dandi, Gandhi picking salt with his volunteers).

Mahatma Gandhi (28th Jan.1948) by Roop Kishore Kapur, Shyam Sunder Lal, Cawnpore, 17.5 x 24 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Gandhi and followers spinning, c.1920, Oleograph, 24 x 33 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Rana Pratap Singh by VM Shimtre, 1937, Modern Litho Works, Bombay, Oleograph, 24 x 33 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Kalki, c. 1900, publisher not known, Oleograph, 33.5 x 22 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

Destruction of Palm Trees. Mahatma Gandhi by Prabhu Dayal, c. 1930, Rashtriya Chitra Prakashak Karyalaya, Cawnpore, 24 x 17.5 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna.

NATIONAL'S SAILOR SAFETY MATCHES. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, mid-late 20^th C, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.189.004]

BHARATHIAR. SRIBALAKRISHNAN MATCH WORKS.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.010]

PEACOCK (Also in Bengali Translation). N.M.P. CALCUTTA. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.245.009]

PUMP. SPECIAL QUALITY. SAFETY MATCH. 50'S PRICE 13 PS. DHANALAKSHMI MATCH WORKS. VETHILAIYURAM (VIA) SIVAKASI.  Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.279.001]

 

IMPREGNATED, BANDEMATARAM, SAFETY MATCHES, THE CAPITAL CIGARETTE CO., MADE IN SWEDEN, Printed matchbox labels, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.044.002]