tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post5464911521954235236..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: Photos of life in the British Raj in India are found in a shoe boxBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-12016626649930369842012-05-13T17:46:36.042+01:002012-05-13T17:46:36.042+01:00I always find "life in a shoebox" finds ...I always find "life in a shoebox" finds very intriguing. It's a worn cliche but pictures are indeed worth a thousand words.Ton S. https://www.blogger.com/profile/10691201724230891974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-53903912297691001542012-05-13T02:17:05.194+01:002012-05-13T02:17:05.194+01:00Great post and lovely photos. And I agree: "A...Great post and lovely photos. And I agree: "And why aren't we finding them?!" :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-8515410883987459822012-05-10T19:10:17.278+01:002012-05-10T19:10:17.278+01:00So wonderful, thanks for sharing them.So wonderful, thanks for sharing them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221762137802275288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-61731408530136014252012-05-10T09:24:52.450+01:002012-05-10T09:24:52.450+01:00A lot of people do family history research on Indi...A lot of people do family history research on India, so if FIBIS know about this there's a good chance some of the history of the photos can be discovered.<br /><br />(My own family is Anglo-Indian - a mix of European and Asian.)Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-36669130421151742722012-05-09T19:28:26.488+01:002012-05-09T19:28:26.488+01:00Those pics are wonderful to look at, I am very fas...Those pics are wonderful to look at, I am very fascinated with the time of the British Raj in India.Brooksiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00140182153158490692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-91557160074785294602012-05-09T12:27:18.682+01:002012-05-09T12:27:18.682+01:00I guess that when you leave some old photos in a b...I guess that when you leave some old photos in a box, you don't think ahead to 100 years time when they will be fascinating! I especially find this as a child of a family spread hither and yon across the globe- you simply don't realise how doubly interesting something from further afield, as well as the past, is to other people!Perdita Tinselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741015473009270250noreply@blogger.com