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.

The Administration Palace in Benares

1898

Fakirs ca 1905	Kandy From Lady Horton's Walk ca 1906	In the Simla Bazaar ca 1910
Bombay. Shigean 1905	Madras. San Thome Cathedral ca 1907	Entrance Dahl Lake ca 1910
Rose Harvest [La Recolte des Roses] ca 1906	Burmese Snake Charmers ca 1908	Sita-Vanvas ca 1906
Jawaharlal Nehru ca 1948	Calcutta 1897 1897	Tanjore dancing girl 1899
Madras. Senate House. ca 1905	Ceylon. Hindoo God Siva. ca 1906	The Taj, Agra ca 1908
Bombay. A Peep into the Victoria Gardens. ca 1908	Kashmir The Tuckt of Sunamon ca 1905	The Punjab Club, Lahore ca 1910
Town Hall, Simla ca 1910	Entrance to Taj, Agra ca 1908	Bombay (City) from Watson's Hotel ca 1905
Hotel Cecil 1920	The Burning Ghat, Benares ca 1900	Lakeside View, Kandy, Ceylon. ca 1910
At The Dussera Mysore ca 1906	A model of Punjab beauty ca 1905	Band Stand, People's Park, Madras ca 1905
A Street Scene, Delhi ca 1909	8 Dismissed 1907	10 New maid-servant 1907

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