Image: Bangalore Pete in the 1890s

Description: A photo of the Pete taken in the 1890s by an unknown photographer, from the Curzon Collection’s "Souvenir of Mysore Album". Photo: British Library
Title: Bangalore Pete in the 1890s
Credit: Curzon Collection’s "Souvenir of Mysore Album" (Extracted from the "A city that fell to the lure of trade" article by The Hindu newspaper.
Author: Unknown photographer
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