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.

Khojak Tunnel ca 1905	A Tamil Girl, Ceylon ca 1905	The tooth relic of Lord Buddha ca 1905
Lahore. Shalimar Garden. ca 1905	Ma-Hla-Byn (Miss Pretty and Fair) ca 1905	Veddahs. Aborigines of Ceylon 1910
Tamil Theatrical Company, Ceylon ca 1905	A Group of Lambanis ca 1910	The Jumma Masjid, Delhi ca 1905
Lahore, Delhi Gate ca 1930	Grand Hotel, Simla ca 1908	A Houseboat at Baramulla, Kashmir ca 1910
Golden Temple, Umritsar ca 1903	Hindu Jugglers ca 1905	Lahore, Zamzama Gun ca 1902
The Indo-Afghan Border ca 1925	The Ceylon Pavilion 1924	Abdul Rehiman Street, Bombay ca 1905
Toddy Drawers ca 1903	A Parsee Lady 1910	Water Carrier ca 1903
Maina Dancing Girls. Jaipur. ca 1905	The Mad Minute 1919	Municipal Buildings Bombay 1899
Lloyds Barrage - Sukkur ca 1940	Burma Oil Wells, Yenongyaung ca 1908	Types: North-West Frontier of India ca 1924
Mayo College ca 1903	View of Writers Building, Calcutta ca 1908	Abbottabad from the Southern Hill ca 1908

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