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.

The Foot of the Shatrunjaya Hills, Palitana ca 1905	Bombay - The Museum ca 1915	His Photo ca 1910
The Governor's Bodyguard ca 1903	Madras Victoria Hall ca 1908	Charpoy Weavers ca 1908
Shipping on the Hooghly ca 1899	Exit of Khyber Pass into Peshawar Plain ca 1920	The Club of Western India. Poona ca 1903
Punkha Boy ca 1903	The Gorgeous East Mounting a Royal Tusker ca 1903	A Kuchi Family ca 1915
Pir Panjal Range (Kashmir) ca 1905	Govid Sing, Rajpoot Shikaree (Hunter) ca 1908	Root of an India Rubber Tree at Colombo, Ceylon ca 1908
Bombay. Pydownie Street. ca 1905	Snake Charmer, Jaipur ca 1905	Madras Central Station ca 1905
Calcutta Coolies ca 1908	Parsee Priest ca 1904	A Benares Dancing Girl ca 1905
Chuter munzil Lucknow ca 1910	Madras General Post Office ca 1908	Ceylon ca 1903
Kasauli from above Belvedere looking N.W. ca 1910	High Class People [handwritten] ca 1905	View at Soonamurg ca 1903
The Bazaar, Mooltan City ca 1910	Haunsa-Damayanti Sanvada ca 1905	The Empress Market, Karachi ca 1904

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