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.

Vernag Sacred Stream, Kashmir ca 1903	Jumna Bridge, Allahabad ca 1907	The Indian Army - Indian Hairstyle ca 1914
Carlton Hotel ca 1920	Hooseinabad, (Bird`s Eye View) Lucknow. ca 1906	Attock from Khairabad (Indus Flood) ca 1908
Prisoner of War Camp 2 Munster in Wunsdorf 1916 Roll Call 1916	Maharajah's Wind Palace, Jaipur ca 1905	Clifton Karachi ca 1920
Holwell Monument, Calcutta ca 1908	The Inland Steamer "Serang" ca 1908	Downed English Fighter Plane ca 1915
Barian Bazaar (Summer) ca 1908	The Waterfall, Chakrata ca 1910	The Incomparable Mandalay ca 1907
Mekrani Child ca 1905	Two of A Kind in Kashmir ca 1907	Shahjahan And His Queen
The Grand Hotel, Calcutta ca 1918	Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) Karachi Flyby ca 1925	In The Khyber ca 1930
The Indian Army - The Music ca 1914	Victoria Terminus Station, Bombay ca 1906	Nahapiet & Co's. Jute Factory Post Golah, Dacca ca 1905
The Taj Mahal, Agra ca 1903	Mahomedan Woman, Bangalore ca 1910	Toda Temple ca 1930
Indian Bakers at La Penne near Marseille ca 1914	The Marble Rocks, Jubbulpure 1905	Shirshal [Sher Shah] Bridge, Multan ca 1915

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