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.

A Hill Coolie Girl ca 1905	A Fruit Seller, Madras ca 1908	Playing the Game in India ca 1913
Khojak Tunnel ca 1903	A Pathan ca 1941	The Pykara Falls, Nilgiris ca 1908
Statement of Plague Cases [Front] 1902	Statement of Plague Cases [Back] 1902	Rukmoni - The Famous Madras Beauty - Rangoon ca 1905
Crawford Market, Bombay ca 1908	The Royal Mosque Lahore (full view) ca 1910	Army Concentration Camp, Delhi Darbar ca 1911
Village Scene, Bombay 1905	India North German Lloyd [Indien Nordeutscher Lloyd Bremen] ca 1903	Jaffna Tamil, Ceylon ca 1910
Native Soldier ca 1904	Female Spinning, Jaipur ca 1905	Galle Face Hotel, Ceylon ca 1901
Simla. View from Mashobra. 1910	Kashmir beauty ca 1915	Sind Club ca 1908
The Ruling Princes of India ca 1908	University Gardens and Clock Tower, Bombay ca 1903	Greetings from Napier Cinema, Poona ca 1916
Hindu Monkey Temple ca 1903	Pratapgarh, where Shiwoji killed Afzulkhan ca 1904	A Mendicant ca 1908
Nungumbakum Bridge ca 1908	Native Barber ca 1899	Nestle's Swiss Milk 20th Punjab Infantry ca 1900

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