Reverend Holcomb's Bungalow (verso, top)
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a quiet house with a sloped roof, surrounded by trees and a low fence. The photo looks old, with soft edges and a warm, faded tone. This isn’t just a pretty scene—it’s part of an album made for a British official in India in the 1880s. The photos show how the colonial elite lived, mixing British and Indian styles. The house itself is simple, but the album tells a bigger story about power and daily life under British rule. To see more photos like this, look up the subject india.
