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.

Martund Temple, Kashmir ca 1903	A Marwari Woman ca 1905	Interior of Taj, Agra ca 1905
Famous Nautch Girl ca 1907	Lahore. Golden Mosque. ca 1905	A Table Servant ca 1908
Temple at Ramnagar, Benares ca 1905	A Kashmir Woman ca 1903	Coromandel Coaster (India) 19th Century ca 1910
Plucking Tea, Dambatenne Estate, Ceylon ca 1910	Jain Temple Calcutta. ca 1907	A Pahari Woman ca 1908
A Village Belle, Kashmir ca 1905	Parsi Tower of Silence ca	Rice Grinding [handwritten] ca 1905
A Water Carrier, Central Provinces India. ca 1908	Gwalior, Sas Bhao Temple ca 1903	Jemadar Mir Dast, V.C., I.O.M. ca 1915
Ram and Tulsidas Meeting ca 1928	General View Shah Masjid and Ranjit Singh Samad, Lahore (India) ca 1908	Bombay - Smoking Room, The Taj Mahal Hotel ca 1904
Gandhi ca 1948	A Persian Gypsy Woman and Her Children ca 1908	Greetings from Darjeeling ca 1899
Punjab Rose ca 1908	Singhalese ayah (Nurse Maid) ca 1905	Master Nandram ca 1927
The Huzuri Bagh, Lahore ca 1908	Expecting	Palms, Chepauk, Madras ca 1910

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