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.

Afghan Women in Kerzawahs, Khyber Pass ca 1908	Indian Dancing Girl ca 1910	Juma Masjid, Delhi with a scene of Annual Friday Prayer-Meeting ca 1905
British India Hockey Team 10th Olympiad Los Angeles 1932	Alastor Mystic ca 1925	Miss Chabukswari of Delhi ca 1910
A View of Peshawar Fur market Showing Fur Bales Loaded on Carts for Export to Foreign Countries ca 1920	Historic India. Ravages of White Ants. Beams Eaten Out. ca 1908	D. Billimoria and Sulochana ca 1930
A Water Carrier, Madras ca 1905	Greetings from Jamaica, West Indies ca 1904	Souvenir of Darjeeling Himalaya ca 1900
Tomb of Tippu Sultan ca 1905	Camel Driver [handwritten] ca 1905	Bearer ca 1910
Best Christmas Wishes 1908 1908	Parsee Ladies at Seaside ca 1903	Indian Hairstyle from Antiquity to the Present ca 1902
Smoking Hookah ca 1905	Kolar Gold Field - Champion Reef Mine ca 1905	A Bania Lady ca 1907
The Durbar Hall. Mysore State Palace. ca 1908	Gosavi (Ascetic) 1899	The Gorgeous East - A Viceregal Party ca 1903
Bengalee Babu ca 1904	His Majesty's Indian Army ca 1907	Continental Pneumatic Carriage Tyres ca 1905
The Coolest Place in the House. ca 1905	The Burning Ghat, Benares ca 1905	A Money Lender ca 1905

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