The Paper Jewels Daily Gem

A new Raj (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar) postcard here, on Instagram and Facebook every 72 hours. Can also be perused as categories. Based on the book Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj by Omar Khan (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018).

Watch our new Postcard Pearls, brief videos blending old postcards with the locations today. Watch #1 Frere Hall Karachi and #2 Sukkur: Bridge on the Indus.

Ladhakis and Yaks, Scinde Valley, Kashmir ca 1903	Goan Beauty ca 1908	Madras, A Road Scene. ca 1905
Milk Woman ca 1905	Afraid of his Complexion ca 1905	Native Street ca 1899
Entrance to Akbar`s Tomb, Agra. ca 1908	The Golden Temple, Benares ca 1905	Loading a Bombay Cart ca 1904
Rambagh. - Owner: - Ram Charan Das, Rai Bahadur, Allahabad ca 1910	Indian Raja ca 1905	Foreign Office, Simla ca 1908
The Storming of Seringapatam ca 1908	A Cooly Woman, Bombay ca 1908	Cooly Woman ca 1903
Types of India. A Chat with a Friend ca 1908	Happy ca 1899	A Lazy Father ca 1908
A Kandyan Lady ca 1910	H.H. The Maharaja's Palace at Srinagar (Kashmir) ca 1910	Greetings from India 1900
A Fair Exchange ca 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

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