FANCY MATCHES, PRICE 4 NP, AJANTHA MATCH WORKS, MATHITHOPE. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.412.013]

H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF MYSORE, MADE IN AUSTRIA, SOLO VIENNA. Royal portrait. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.122.005]

RAKESH. SAFETY MATCHES 50'S MAX. RET. PRICE 40 PS. INCLUDING ALL TAXES. SANGHIAH MATCH INDUSTRIES, O. METTUPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.312.002]

 

Shivaji’s escape from Delhi by V.K.Khare, 1909, Ravi Varma Press, Malavali G.I.P, Oleograph, 50 x 35 cm. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 129]

MANGOES, PRICE RE.0.0.6., GMW, GEETHA MATCH WORKS, M.NAGALAPURAM, Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.129.003]

Sindh Kesari Brand, SAFETY MATCHES, DATAR MATCH FACTORY, PETLAD, Swadesh Damp Proof Machis, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.038.011]

Fig. 10: Woman powdering her chin. Framing poster from Oriental Calender Manufacturing Company, Calcutta, circa 1940s.

Fig. 20: Beautification mural of Himalaya scenery hidden behind electricity box. Poonamallee High Road, Chennai, March 2010. Photograph by the author.

Ravidas Temple Printer/publisher: Not Known Source: Punjabi storywriter Mr. Mohan Lal Philloria. The temple located at Ravidas' birthplace in Varanasi. The image has been printed on a golden colour steel sheet and fixed on a wooden frame. Ravidas appears in the act of blessing the temple. The print was presented to Mohan Lal Philloria as a plaque by the management of Shri Guru Ravidas Temple, Walsall.

Fig. 06: An Indian film star from the south endorses the Raja Snow beauty cream. (January 1947).

Fig. 17: This unidentified image illustrates how a woman wearing a hat, and delicately holding its edges, simply appears enticing and in ‘costume’.

Fig. 09: ‘Bunch of lizards!’ Showdown: Chacha Chaudhary, Operation Capital, Delhi: Diamond Comics, 1981, pp. 16–17.

KISSAN, 50'S 13 P., SAFETY MATCHES, PRICE 30 Ps, VEERABUTHRA MATCH WORKS, ELLAYIRAMPANNAI, K.V.I.C., Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th c, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady collection, New Delhi, India. [2.015.007]