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.

Calcutta ca 1908	Greetings from South India ca 1896	Frohe Weinachten [Merry Christmas] ca 1919
33rd Punjabis ca 1911	The Harvest ca 1904	Kothari Parade and Lady Lloyd Pier ca 1905
An Indian Village ca 1910	Ahmedabad Hindu ca 1905	An Ayah ca 1910
Footwear of Nations, 10 Designs - No. 4 India 1906	Thibetan [Tibetan] Woman, Darjeeling ca 1905	The River showing Jetties and Howrah Bridge ca 1905
Amphitheatre, Coronation Durbar, Delhi ca 1911	The Deccan Postal Service ca 1900	Benares on the Ganges ca 1908
Meerut. Electric power house ca 1908	Murree from Pindi Point (snow) ca 1905	Naina Devi Temple ca 1905
A Nair Lady, Malabar ca 1905	Indian Postman ca 1900	Country Boats on the Jhelum ca 1910
General Post Office, Meerutt (India) ca 1905	Bangalore. Alsur Temple Gateway. ca 1905	Amritsar. The Golden Temple Gateway and Entrance. ca 1905
A Toddy Drawer, Madras ca 1905	The Mausoleum - Khusru Bagh. Allahabad. ca 1905	Barian Bazaar (Snow) ca 1905
A Kashmir Boatman, Srinagar ca 1915	[Movie Ad Card] ca 1940	Ellerman's City Line to India ca 1908

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