Welcome to Paper Jewels, the Raj Postcard Archive 1892-1947

Based on the book and exhibitions Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018) by Omar Khan. A new Raj (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar) postcard here everyday, and on Instagram and Facebook.

ca 1915

Sind Club ca 1908	The Ruling Princes of India ca 1908	University Gardens and Clock Tower, Bombay ca 1903
Greetings from Napier Cinema, Poona ca 1916	Hindu Monkey Temple ca 1903	Pratapgarh, where Shiwoji killed Afzulkhan ca 1904
A Mendicant ca 1908	Nungumbakum Bridge ca 1908	Native Barber ca 1899
Nestle's Swiss Milk 20th Punjab Infantry ca 1900	Office Peon ca 1908	Clark's Hotel Benares ca 1908
India 1892	Dreams in Stone, Temple of Halebid, Mysore State. ca 1908	[Rajah on Carpet] 1905
Calcutta 1897	The Chief's [Aitchison] College, Lahore ca 1908	Rumi Darwaza [Gate] ca 1905
Rajkot City Gate ca 1905	A Group of Schoolgirls ca 1905	Delhi. Queen's Bath ca 1908
Srinagar, looking towards the Palace ca 1903	Priest taking dinner with his Pupil ca 1908	Indian Girls ca 1905
Darjeeling. Dandy and Bearers. ca 1908	The Entrance, Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo ca 1908	Jeypore Zenana Carriage ca 1908
Hindu Temple ca 1899	Government College, Lahore ca 1903	Hindoe [Hindu] ca 1900

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