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 1904

Female Spinning, Jaipur ca 1905	Galle Face Hotel, Ceylon ca 1901	Simla. View from Mashobra. 1910
Kashmir beauty 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

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