Postcards Collection

Johnny Store's Karachi.

Johnny Stores refers to a stall on Elphinstone Street (now Zeb-un-Nissa street) run by a man named Jankidas in the 1930s and 1940s. Commonly known as Janki, British soldiers changed this to "Johnny." Johnny Stores used to sell toffees, sweets, chewing gum, pencils, pens, battery cells, and other odds and ends. It also sold nicely printed black-and-white postcards of Karachi that may have been photographed by someone else. [Many thanks to Ardeshir Cowasjee for background infomation.]

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Clifton, Karachi. Johnny Stores Post Cards Karachi 81E, ~ 1930	Wharf, Karachi. Johnny Stores Post Cards Karachi No. 19, ~ 1930
Elphinstone Street, Karachi Johnny Stores Post Cards, Copyright No. 24 A, ~ 1930	Independent Day Celebration Johnny Stores Post Cards Copyright No. 812, ~ 1947
Hindu Temple Manora, Karachi Johnny Stores Post Cards Karachi No. 26, ~ 1930
Gandhi Garden Karachi Johnny Stores Post Cards Karachi No. 29 A, ~ 1930