Welcome to Paper Jewels, the Raj Postcard Archive 1892-1947

Based on the book and exhibitions Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018) by Omar Khan. A new Raj (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar) postcard here everyday, and on Instagram and Facebook.

Dancing Girls of Peshawar Ready For The Dance ca 1915	Dhobi (Washerman) ca 1904	Dhobi (Washerman) ca 1904
Darjeeling. The Bazaar. ca 1905	Darjeeling. The Bazaar. ca 1905	D. Billimoria ca
Shoe-lace Hawker ca 1903	Bachha Sakoo The Bandit King of Afghanistan and his Comrades Stoned to Death at Kabul ca 1929	A Cashmere Lady ca 1930
P. & O. S.S. Kaiser-i-Hind [Emperor of India] ca 1920	Massacre Ghat, Cawnpore ca 1905	Scene of the Hooghly, Calcutta. ca 1903
The Baby and his Goat. Jaipur. ca 1905	Karli Caves ca 1899	When Master is at Office ca 1905
Master's Tooth-Brush ca 1905	The End of Baccha Sakoo and his Accomplices by the Ropes in their Necks. ca 1929	The Bowachi ca 1915
Specimens of Kashmir Carving ca 1903	Miss Buchwa Jan of Karachi ca 1905	Dungagali from Natia Road (Snow) ca 1905
La Poste Au Cachemire [The Kashmir Post] ca 1900	Miss Gohur, Prima Donna of India ca 1910	Bangalore. Commercial Street. ca 1905
Gajagauri ca 1905	A Type of Marwaree Beauty ca 1910	Nedous Hotel, Lahore ca 1910
India - Burma ca 1910	The Indian English Postal Service ca 1900	A Human nest in Baluchistan ca 1905

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