'Simla, India', c1909. '...the city built on the steep slopes of the Lower Himalayas. A view of the native part of the city'. Street scene with timber buildings in the hill station of Simla (Shimla), in the state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, during the colonial period, Simla was declared the summer capital of British India. The 'native' part of cities, where Indians lived, was usually more overcrowded and less comfortable than the areas Europeans chose for themselves. One of a set of stereocard views by George Rose, boxed as "Studies through the Stereoscope", to be viewed on a Sun Sculpture stereoscope made by Underwood & Underwood. [The Rose Stereograph Company, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington & London, c1909]