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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 tooth relic of Lord Buddha
ca 1905
Lahore. Shalimar Garden.
ca 1905
Ma-Hla-Byn (Miss Pretty and Fair)
ca 1905
Veddahs. Aborigines of Ceylon
1910
Tamil Theatrical Company, Ceylon
ca 1905
A Group of Lambanis
ca 1910
The Jumma Masjid, Delhi
ca 1905
Lahore, Delhi Gate
ca 1905
Grand Hotel, Simla
ca 1908
A Houseboat at Baramulla, Kashmir
ca 1910
Golden Temple, Umritsar
ca 1903
Hindu Jugglers
ca 1905
Lahore, Zamzama Gun
ca 1902
The Indo-Afghan Border
ca 1925
The Ceylon Pavilion
1924
Abdul Rehiman Street, Bombay
ca 1905
Toddy Drawers
ca 1903
A Parsee Lady
1910
Carting Tea from Factory, Ceylon
ca 1905
Water Carrier
ca 1903
Maina Dancing Girls. Jaipur.
ca 1905
The Mad Minute
1919
Municipal Buildings Bombay
1899
Lloyds Barrage - Sukkur
ca 1940
Burma Oil Wells, Yenongyaung
ca 1908
Types: North-West Frontier of India
ca 1924
Mayo College
ca 1903
View of Writers Building, Calcutta
ca 1908
Abbottabad from the Southern Hill
ca 1908
Tirah Field Force
ca 1905

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