Welcome to Paper Jewels

Paper Jewels is postcards from the Raj (1892-1947) restored professionally and free to use. It grew out of the book Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018) by Omar Khan and associated exhibitions. Get a new Raj postcard everyday here, on Instagram and Facebook.

Coonoor

ca 1905

Pattawala (Office Peon) ca 1905	Calcutta ca 1905	Greetings from South India ca 1896
Frohe Weinachten [Merry Christmas] ca 1919	33rd Punjabis ca 1911	The Harvest ca 1904
Kothari Parade and Lady Lloyd Pier ca 1905	An Indian Village ca 1910	Ahmedabad Hindu ca 1905
An Ayah ca 1910	Footwear of Nations, 10 Designs - No. 4 India 1906	Thibetan [Tibetan] Woman, Darjeeling ca 1905
The River showing Jetties and Howrah Bridge ca 1905	Amphitheatre, Coronation Durbar, Delhi ca 1911	The Deccan Postal Service ca 1900
Benares on the Ganges ca 1905	Meerut. Electric power house ca 1908	Murree from Pindi Point (snow) ca 1905
Naina Devi Temple ca 1905	A Nair Lady, Malabar ca 1905	Indian Postman ca 1900
Country Boats on the Jhelum ca 1910	General Post Office, Meerutt (India) ca 1905	Bangalore. Alsur Temple Gateway. ca 1905
Amritsar. The Golden Temple Gateway and Entrance. ca 1905	A Toddy Drawer, Madras ca 1905	The Mausoleum - Khusru Bagh. Allahabad. ca 1905
Barian Bazaar (Snow) ca 1905	A Kashmir Boatman, Srinagar ca 1915	[Movie Ad Card] ca 1940

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