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 Territory Border with British India] ca 1930	Government House, Madras ca 1904	A Punjabi Lady (Before marriage) 1910
Fruit-seller ca 1910	Snake Charmer 1899	The Bailley Guard Gate, Lucknow 1905
Pounding Grain in Kashmir ca 1910	Prince of Wales Wild Boar Bagged in Patiala State 1924	The Fort, Peshawar ca 1908
Kathiawar Prince ca 1905	A Car Festival ca 1909	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

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