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.

Darjeeling. The Bazaar. ca 1905	D. Billimoria ca	Shoe-lace Hawker ca 1903
A Cashmere Lady ca 1930	P. & O. S.S. Kaiser-i-Hind [Emperor of India] ca 1920	Karli Caves ca 1899
When Master is at Office ca 1905	Master's Tooth-Brush ca 1905	The End of Baccha Sakoo and his Accomplices by the Ropes in their Necks. ca 1929
The Bowachi ca 1915	Specimens of Kashmir Carving ca 1903	Miss Buchwa Jan of Karachi ca 1905
Dungagali from Natia Road (Snow) ca 1905	La Poste Au Cachemire [The Kashmir Post] ca 1900	Miss Gohur, Prima Donna of India ca 1910
Bangalore. Commercial Street. ca 1905	Gajagauri ca 1905	A Type of Marwaree Beauty ca 1910
Nedous Hotel, Lahore ca 1910	India - Burma ca 1910	The Indian English Postal Service ca 1900
A Human nest in Baluchistan ca 1905	Clock Tower Chandni Chowk, Delhi. ca 1905	Shell Cutters ca 1905
A Mendicant Friar of Behar ca 1905	Curious Craft. Catamaran, Madras ca 1900	Map of Ceylon showing Her Tea Industry ca 1934
On the top Road between Dungagali & Nathiagali ca 1905	Upper Mall with Church and Post Office, Simla ca 1910	Memorial Well, Cawnpore ca 1905

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