Welcome to Paper Jewels

Paper Jewels is postcards from the Raj (1892-1947) restored professionally and free to use. It grew out of the book Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018) by Omar Khan and associated exhibitions. Get a new Raj postcard everyday here, on Instagram and Facebook.

The Great Burning Ghat in Benares 1898	Greetings from Bombay ca 1903	Chandulal's Car, Bolarum, Hyderabad ca 1905
Madras. Connemara Library. 1905	A Mohamedan dancing Girl in Attitude ca 1903	Hyderabad, The Char Minar ca 1903
Lahore. Wazir Khan's Mosque (Outer Part) ca 1905	Fire near Ry Station - Lahore ca 1905	A Mad Mulla (Religious Fanatic) with his Followers, N.W. Frontier ca 1930
Parsee Tower of Silence, Bombay ca 1903	Tanjore Palace ca 1905	The Wonderful Art of Taking Things Easy 1910
Sikh Akalis at Amritsar ca 1905	Not so bad. eh? what !! A bit rough at the end of the month though. ca 1908	Hindu Girl of the Period ca 1905
Calcutta ca 1897

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