[KartikeyaL]

Someone has posted this on Facebook, apparently the car hasn't survived ?

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Mohit Mathur

Supposedly filmstar Rajendra Kumar's Impala, which survives in Rajasthan. This picture is from Ajmer, 1970's

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Jayne Coleman

The car seems to be 1934/35 Vauxhall Big Six (rare convertible sedan)

My grandfather HM Windust was an engineer, who was sent to India for the duration of World War II. It was taken in India in 1941.

[pksnathan]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Shared by Jayne Coleman

The car seems to be 1934/35 Vauxhall Big Six (rare convertible sedan)



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The photo seems to be taken somewhere in Tamilnadu the old Madras State and registration district MDY refers to the city of Tiruchirapalli in Tamilnadu.

[KartikeyaL]

Wright family, 1921

PC: University of Washington Libraries

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Shared by Parth Lekhi

Picture from his grand parents wedding, Delhi 1951

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Couple of picture of Alice Boner from India

Courtesy : Museum Rietberg Zürich

From Wikipedia

Alice Boner (July 22, 1889 – April 13, 1981) was a Swiss painter and sculptor, art historian, and an Indologist.

In her drawings she used pencil, charcoal, sepia, red chalk, ink, and sometimes pastel. Her early works focused on drawings, sculptures, portrait, full body studies, landscapes and nature observations. The artist also harbored a great fascination for the art of dance and created motion studies of the three dancers Lilly, Jeanne, and Leonie Brown as well as the Indian dancer Uday Shankar.

Between 1926 and 1930, Boner made trips to Morocco, Tunisia and India with the dancer Uday Shankar. She decided in 1935 to migrate to India.

are these Indian registration plates ?

[travancore]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

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are these Indian registration plates ?

They do look like old Calcutta plates.

[KartikeyaL]

Some standard Heralds

Madras


This was shared by Somik Ranjan Roy, picture captured at Darjeeling


This was shared by Prasad Patil, picture from 1986

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by harit

This is an MG, with a special body. Maybe a Magna? And do you see any prewar MG's in India with a closed body? Maybe by Tickford? Check the wheel.
Interesting is the background, appears like the view of Mumbai from Kamla Nehru Park. When was that park built? Could not find any info on the net, the Hanging Garden was created in the 19th century.
Also the lady and the gent, she has some resemblance to Devika Rani, who must have been often in Bombay for shooting movies. And the guy looks like a star too. Any ideas?

Cheers harit

A step closer, we can identify your image as a publicity still for the 1930 movie 'Educated Wife', also Grihlaxmi starring Sabita Devi and Jal Merchant



A Riley Kestrel maybe?

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Elaine MacGregor

This is a photo of my grandmother Gladys Allen in the early 1920's driving a Maxwell car in Calcutta, India.

Her husband is beside her, their two children in the back seat with cousins visiting from Ireland. On closer inspection and searching for the emblem on the internet, found it was a MaxWell, an American car.

Maybe Karl, can tell us more about the owner/car.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Shared by Elaine MacGregor

Maybe Karl, can tell us more about the owner/car.

Such a nice picture, thanks for sharing. The car was registered to one D F Lesslie, residing at the US Club Calcutta.

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Peter Stewart

April,1975 on Malabar Hill, Bombay. I purchased the 1933 Chrysler touring Car for $1500.

I checked the value of USD/INR in '75, 1500$ would be approximately Rs. 12570/-

RJY 209

[KartikeyaL]

Shared by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Kazi

This is perhaps the oldest picture in my collection. Standing are Dr Ali Ahmed S. Kazi my paternal grandfather and Mr Ali Muhammad Kazi. While in the car we can see from left Khan Bahadur Yar Mohamed Junejo and Seth M A Hafiz.

[KartikeyaL]

Karachi registration

Picture credit : Photo archives of Pakistan