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.

ca 1924

Punjab Government Office, Simla ca 1907	Asia [Asien] ca 1900	A Dandy ca 1910
The Hanna Pass Baluchistan ca 1910	Shipping Tea, Colombo ca 1905	Passenger Cart ca 1902
The Snowdown Residence, Simla of H.E. The C. in - Chief, Simla ca 1910	Kashmir. Srinagar 1906	A Tamil Lady ca 1899
Group of Waziris ca 1907	The Taj Mahal, Agra ca 1910	Street Scene, Delhi. ca 1903
Bombay-Poona Mail. Great Indian Penninsular Railway ca 1910	Hon' ble N.G. Chandravarkar ca 1905	The Dhangar 1910
Greetings from Darjeeling Himalaya ca 1900	A Brahmin Astrologer ca 1905	Wellawatta Canal ca 1907
The Tatschali Line in Bombay 1899	A Bhil Couple ca 1904	State Elephant ca 1899
Buddha's Image ca 1905	A Street Scene, Delhi ca 1909	Canal Scene in Tamaku Taluq ca 1910
An Afridi ca 1907	Tanga Stand (Murree) ca 1910	Bombay, From Harbour ca 1906
Basket Bazaar, Madras ca 1905	Bakshis Saheb ca 1899	Mr. Bal Gangadhar Tilak ca 1905

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