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 Ward in Plague Hospital showing Patients, Bombay. ca 1905	Damayanti ca 1905	Hindu Temple Colombo ca 1905
La Guerre Europeenne de 1914 [The European War 1914] ca 1914	London: India House ca 1930	Ladhakis and Yaks, Scinde Valley, Kashmir ca 1903
Goan Beauty ca 1908	Madras, A Road Scene. ca 1905	Milk Woman ca 1905
Afraid of his Complexion ca 1905	Native Street ca 1899	Entrance to Akbar`s Tomb, Agra. ca 1908
The Golden Temple, Benares ca 1905	Loading a Bombay Cart ca 1904	Rambagh. - Owner: - Ram Charan Das, Rai Bahadur, Allahabad ca 1910
Indian Raja ca 1905	Foreign Office, Simla ca 1908	The Storming of Seringapatam ca 1908
A Cooly Woman, Bombay ca 1908	Cooly Woman ca 1903	Types of India. A Chat with a Friend ca 1908
Happy ca 1899	A Lazy Father ca 1908	A Kandyan Lady ca 1910
H.H. The Maharaja's Palace at Srinagar (Kashmir) ca 1910	Greetings from India 1900	A Fair Exchange ca 1900
Asking for Alms ca 1905	Railway Porter ca 1903	A Mountain Cottage, Kashmir ca 1903

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