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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.


The Boundary Line Between the British and Afghan Territory on the Border of Frontier, N.W.F.P.
Greetings from Carl Hagenbeck's India 1898
1898
Hindu Beauty
ca 1905
Colman's Mustard Absolutely Pure
ca
Type of an Hindustani Girl
ca 1930
Golden Temple & Gate, Amritsar
ca 1908
Views of Bangalore
ca 1907
Cotton Cart
ca 1904
Cotton Cart
ca 1903
Bhopal Palace, Main Entrance
ca 1908
Tom, Tom Beaters
ca 1905
Hamburg. India Docks
ca 1906
A Dancing Girl
ca 1908
A Native Boat, Bombay
ca 1905
Orthodox Hindu Widow
ca 1905
Hyderabad. Arms Sellers
ca 1908
Nautch Girl
1903
True's Elixir Is Now Sold In India
ca 1910
Nautch Girl at her toilet
ca 1908
Lascar
1903
Ajmir. General View No. 1.
ca 1908
Benares. Ganga Mehal Ghat.
ca 1910
Calcutta. Dalhousie Barrack Fort William.
ca 1908
Lucknow. The Kaiser Pasund.
ca 1908
Bird's-Eye View (Bombay)
ca 1930
A Jain Priest
1904
Nautch Party
A Street Scene, Delhi
ca 1903
Chitpore Road, Calcutta
1905
Bruce Road, Quetta. Summer
ca 1908

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