The Paper Jewels Daily Gem

A new Raj (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar) postcard here, on Instagram and Facebook every 48 hours. Can also be perused as categories. Based on the book Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj by Omar Khan (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018).

Europeans Travelling on the Palanquin ca 1898	The Jute Industry-stripping the fibre from the cane after steeping. ca 1908	Arhai-Din-Ka-Jhopra, Ajmere ca 1904
Water Bullock ca 1903	Burns Garden Karachi ca 1930	J. & G. Hagenbeck's Indian Exhibition ca 1903
Sun Rise from Tiger Hill ca 1910	Bullock Carriage [handwritten] ca 1905	Manak Chowk, Jaipur ca 1905
Delhi Gate, Lahore ca 1910	Cooly Woman, Darjeeling. ca 1905	Kazi, Mahomedan Preacher ca 1905
Cotton Cart ca 1905	Nepali Girls ca 1910	The Cattle Show at Pushkar, Ajmer ca 1908
Government College. Lahore ca 1910	Mount Road, Madras ca 1907	Hill Milk Women ca 1905
Elphinstone College and Sassoon Library. Bombay. ca 1905	The Madras Club ca 1907	A Caravan on its Way to Peshawar ca 1920
The Deccan College, Poona ca 1907	Mylapore Temple and Tank - Madras ca 1905	Victoria Terminus G.I.P. Ry. [Railway] Bombay. ca 1905
The Rainy Season, Nainital ca 1907	Shri Pratap Singh Museum, Srinagar (Kashmir) ca 1907	Round Temple, Sandhurst Road, Bombay ca 1910
Chandni Chawk Street, Delhi (India) ca 1908	Parsi Girl ca 1905	A Group of 3 Bhootia Women ca 1905

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