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.

Shell Cutters ca 1905	A Mendicant Friar of Behar ca 1905	Curious Craft. Catamaran, Madras ca 1900
Map of Ceylon showing Her Tea Industry ca 1934	On the top Road between Dungagali & Nathiagali ca 1905	Upper Mall with Church and Post Office, Simla ca 1910
Memorial Well, Cawnpore ca 1905	Indian Tea Garden Coolie Girl ca 1905	Telegraph Peon ca 1903
German Himalaya Expedition to Nanga Parbat 1934 (8120 meters) ca 1932	The Taj. Emperor Shah Jehan. ca 1909	Wharf, Karachi ca 1947
The Residency, Srinagar ca 1910	Lahore. Punjab Club. ca 1905	Famine Group Victims [handwritten] ca 1905
The Market, Kasauli ca 1905	[Karla Station] ca 1905	Road Sweeper ca 1903
Four Kandyan Girls, Ceylon ca 1905	River Ravi & Bridges of Boats, Lahore ca 1903	Grand Oriental Hotel Colombo ca 1910
A Rajput ca 1901	Bombay ca 1902	Veddahs. Wild men of Ceylon 1910
A Mohamedan Fakir ca 1905	Fruit Seller ca 1904	Madras Seven Pagodas ca 1905
Jumma Masjid Bombay 1899	General View of Old Fort Mooltan ca 1908	General View of Old Fort, Mooltan ca 1905

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