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.

45th Rattray's Sikhs ca 1911	Ruins of the Rudra Mahal at Sidhpore ca 1905	View of Ootacamund ca 1899
Vegetable Boat, Dhal Lake, Kashmir ca 1904	Parvati Temple, Poona ca 1905	Sepoys Khyber Rifles ca 1907
Kulri Bazaar, Mussoorie ca 1910	Mahamakam Festival, Kumbakonum ca 1905	Ceylon Tea Packers ca 1905
Muhafiz Khan Mosque. Ahmedabad ca 1905	Narsingarh ca 1908	H.E. Lord Curzon, Shooting from Juhla. Hyderabad Tour ca 1905
A Procession of Vithaba, a Mahratta Boy ca 1908	Sheik Memon Street (Native Town), Bombay ca 1905	Calcutta ca 1900
Snake Charmers ca 1906	Moore Market, Madras ca 1905	"Cleveland" Tourists Viewing Kinchinjunga from Tiger Hill, Darjeeling 1912
Native Street Scene N.W. India ca 1907	Bristol Hotel, Colombo ca 1908	Bombay. View of Victoria Terminus & Municipal Building. ca 1908
Coin-card with Viceroy-Flag of India ca 1905	A Native Potter ca 1908	Greetings from John Hagenbeck & Co. ca 1899
Indus Flood, Attak Bridge, Bridge, Attack ca 1910	State Entry, Coronation Darbar Delhi ca 1911	Tea Culture Around the World ca 1910
Greetings from India ca 1905	General Post Office in Snow, Ranikhet ca 1905	A Native Musician. Peshawar ca 1907

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