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.

Srimati Sarojini Naidu ca 1928	Moplah Women ca 1905	Bombay, Bara Bazaar ca 1905
Returning Caravans Khyber Pass ca 1925	In the Market, Bangalore. ca 1910	Bombay View 1899
[Fakir Benares] ca 1915	Sir William Wedderburn ca 1905	Vishwamitra-Menaka ca 1905
Sadh Bela Built in the Indus - Sukkur ca 1940	Mar Nala, Srinagar Kashmir ca 1904	Lala Lajpat Rai ca 1929
Wayfarers ca 1905	Benares - Assec [Assi] Ghat ca 1905	Ranjit Singh's Tomb, Lahore ca 1908
General View of Victoria Gardens, Bombay ca 1905	Views of Madras ca 1903	Interior of Walkeshwar Temple ca 1905
Benares - Viweshar Mahadeo ca 1910	A Wet Day, Madras ca 1905	Two American Congress Supporters ca 1931
A Typical Yarkundi ca 1903	Vishnu Garud-vahan ca 1905	A Mhamadan [Mohammadan] Mullah, N.W.F.P. ca 1920
The Residency Quetta ca 1905	A Tailor ca 1903	Hindu Colonnade of Pillars of Pure Hindu Architecture Belonging to the 9th of 10th Century, Delhi ca 1905
Natives of Sind, (Amil Rage) ca 1903	Jaipur Woman ca 1905	An Indian Washing Day ca 1920

Pages