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 1910

H.H. The Maharaja's Palace at Srinagar (Kashmir) ca 1910	A Fair Exchange ca 1900	Greetings from India 1900
Asking for Alms ca 1905	Railway Porter ca 1903	A Mountain Cottage, Kashmir ca 1903
Savoy Hotel, Mussoorie ca 1917	Canal Scene, Narsapur Taluq ca 1908	Group of Mogul Empresses 1915
Confectioner's Stall - Jaipur ca 1908	Palm Avenue, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta. ca 1905	Greetings from Delhi ca 1908
Shalimar Garden Lahore ca 1908	Delhi. Old Fort. ca 1908	Water Carrier, Chumba ca 1905
The Foot of the Shatrunjaya Hills, Palitana ca 1905	Bombay - The Museum ca 1915	His Photo ca 1910
The Governor's Bodyguard ca 1903	Madras Victoria Hall ca 1908	Charpoy Weavers ca 1908
Shipping on the Hooghly ca 1899	Exit of Khyber Pass into Peshawar Plain ca 1920	The Club of Western India. Poona ca 1903
Punkha Boy ca 1903	The Gorgeous East Mounting a Royal Tusker ca 1903	A Kuchi Family ca 1915
Pir Panjal Range (Kashmir) ca 1905	Govid Sing, Rajpoot Shikaree (Hunter) ca 1908	Root of an India Rubber Tree at Colombo, Ceylon ca 1908

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