REGISTERED (TRADEMARK). SMOKE MCDOWELL & CO.'S BAHADUR CIGARS. THESE MATCHES ARE MADE IN SWEDEN. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.001.002]

H.H.THE MAHARAJA OF GAEKWAR OF BARODA, MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SOLO WORKS. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.122.010]

RED BIRD. PRICE RE. 0.04. PRICE RE. 0.0.6. SRI VENKATESWARA MATCH INDUSTRIES. RAJARAM MATCH WORKS. CHINDAPALLI. Colour printed matchbox label, vertical, mid-late 20^th C, 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.324.001]
 

Afzul Khan, c. 1900, Chitrashala Poona, Oleograph. Collection of Erwin Neumayer and Christine Schelberger, Vienna. [# 133]

METCO PHOOL, METCO, 50’s PRICE 20 Ps., SAFETY MATCHES, (1) LAKSHMI MATCH WORKS, MELAOTTAMPATTI, (2) METTUPATTI ADI DRAVIDAR MATCH WORKERS INDL. CO-OP SOCIETY LTD. METTUPATTI, Printed matchbox labels, mid-late 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.145.004]

CHARKA BRAND, MADE IN INDIA, BMW, SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [19.041.011]

Fig. 15: Woman examining fine fabrics. Framing poster by Phoenix P. Works, Ahmedabad, circa 1930s.

Fig. 25: Another mural in the series depicting the story of Kannagi (copied from the famous Amar Chithra Katha comics). Greenways Road, Chennai, April 2010. Photograph by the author.

Fig. 11: The secret of a smooth fair skin... Pond's (Madras 1946). While more Indian women are drawn towards the secrets of vanishing the darkness...

Fig. 22: Characteristically, she rests her head on his shoulders, seeking support and security: Nalini Jaywant and Ajit in Bharati (dir. Ramesh Saigal, 1956).

Fig. 14: Ms Shabash flying off after action, reproduced in Anika Hossain’s contribution to Comics Verse. https://comicsverse.com/bangladeshi-superhero-ms-shabash/

LION FIGHT, VINAYAGAM MATCH WORKS ELLAYIRAMPANNAI. Printed matchbox label, mid-late 20th century, 3.5 cmx 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady, New Delhi, India. [2.074.003]