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.

Baramullah, Kashmir. ca 1904	Maner Bihar ca 1898	Rajputana Aboriginal ca 1910
A Group of Ayahs ca 1905	How our Food is cooked The Bawarchi The Cook 1911	Albert Hall, Front view. Jaipur. ca 1905
Calcutta ca 1897	The "Chuprassie" ca 1910	Juggler with goat and monkey ca 1903
Royal Visit at Gwalior, on Jan 1905 ca 1910	Saiyad Mobarik Ali, Moolvee (Learned Man) ca 1908	A Belle of Northern India ca 1910
Rice Fields, Ceylon ca 1910	Alauddin Gate, a Partial View, Delhi. ca 1905	Taj Mahal. Agra ca 1899
The highest gate in the Fort of Gwalior 1898	Kashmir Nautch Girl ca 1905	Ancient Temple on the Takht Hill. B.C. 200. Kashmir ca 1905
Coonoor ca 1905	Pattawala (Office Peon) ca 1905	Calcutta ca 1908
Greetings from South India ca 1896	Frohe Weinachten [Merry Christmas] ca 1919	33rd Punjabis ca 1911
The Harvest ca 1904	Kothari Parade and Lady Lloyd Pier ca 1905	An Indian Village ca 1910
Ahmedabad Hindu ca 1905	An Ayah ca 1910	Footwear of Nations, 10 Designs - No. 4 India 1906

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