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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.


Saringee [Sarangi] or Violin
ca 1905
Bombay. Rampart Row.
ca 1909
The Saman Burj Delhi
ca 1905
Jeypore. Johari Bazaar.
ca 1905
Royal Palace, Bangalore.
ca 1905
Metai Wallah Confectioner
1905
The Gorgeous East A Royal Elephant
1903
Pan & Aerated Water Shop, Calcutta
ca 1905
Coolie Women
ca 1906
A Toddy Shop
ca 1902
Post Office, Cherat
ca 1905
Calcutta - Shibjee Fair
ca 1905
A Popular Stall: Northern India
ca 1908
Jaipur City Gate
1898
Calcutta - Grand Hotel - Chowringhee
ca 1910
The Hooseinabad, Lucknow.
ca 1905
Exterior of Zenana, Agra.
ca 1905
Springtime on Jakko, Simla
ca 1910
Lady Gymkhana, Karachi
ca 1910
Tombs at Golconda, Hyderabad
ca 1905
Miss Benzir of Allahabad
1910
The Sampan Pagoda - Shwegyeen
ca 1910
Tower of Victory, A.D. 1548, Chitorgarh.
ca 1910
Simla, looking towards Jakho
ca 1904
Kirat & Bhilli
ca 1905
Elphinstone College
1899
Madras, Seven Pagodas
ca 1905
Baramullah, from near the Sacred Tank, Kashmir.
ca 1903
On the Ashleigh Road
ca 1905
Street Scene Udaipur
ca 1910

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