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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.


Malabar Point. Bombay.
ca 1908
A Benares Brahmin
ca 1905
Jaipur. The Holy Shrine of Singhji.
ca 1907
Street at Hyderabad.
ca 1905
Tribal Towers
ca 1920
Agra Fort (General View)
ca 1907
Hon'ble Mr. P. Ananda Charlu
1905
Borah Trader
ca 1904
Car Procession in Bangalore
ca 1904
Cotton Cleaners
ca 1905
Jaipur Woman
ca 1905
Simla. The Mall and Library.
ca 1905
A Cancer Patient Arriving in a Basket
ca 1920
Malee. (Gardener.)
ca 1908
The River Cooum, Madras
ca 1905
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

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