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.

Bullock with water-skins & Bhisti. Jaipur ca 1905	Aitken's Post, Bailey Guard. ca 1905	Chowringhee, Calcutta ca 1905
Our Dhoby, Madras ca 1905	Damayanti ca 1905	Coronation Darbar 1911 - Delhi ca 1911
[Calcutta Harbour on the Hooghly] ca 1903	Group of famine stricken victims ca 1905	An Indian Bungalow ca 1903
Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji, President, 2nd Congress, Calcutta 1886 and 9th Congress, Lahore, 1893 ca 1905	Chalking the Doorstep, Madras ca 1905	Gardens on the Dahl Lake, Kashmir ca 1903
Ancient Buddhist Temple Gwalior ca 1904	The Imperial Delhi Durbar ca 1911	An Ideal Cycling Costume ca 1910
Rangoon Jail - Prisoners waiting for breakfast 1905	Dancing Girl - Jaipur ca 1910	Cultivators ca 1905
Empire of British India and Ceylon [Coins] ca 1905	An Indian Family, Karachi ca 1908	Greetings from India Ahmedabad Delhi ca 1900
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

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