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.

Simla. View from Mashobra. 1910	Kashmir beauty ca 1915	Sind Club ca 1908
The Ruling Princes of India ca 1908	University Gardens and Clock Tower, Bombay ca 1903	Greetings from Napier Cinema, Poona ca 1916
Hindu Monkey Temple ca 1903	Pratapgarh, where Shiwoji killed Afzulkhan ca 1904	A Mendicant ca 1908
Nungumbakum Bridge ca 1908	Native Barber ca 1899	Nestle's Swiss Milk 20th Punjab Infantry ca 1900
Office Peon ca 1908	Clark's Hotel Benares ca 1908	India 1892
Dreams in Stone, Temple of Halebid, Mysore State. ca 1908	[Rajah on Carpet] 1905	Calcutta 1897
The Chief's [Aitchison] College, Lahore ca 1908	Rumi Darwaza [Gate] ca 1905	Rajkot City Gate ca 1905
A Group of Schoolgirls ca 1905	Delhi. Queen's Bath ca 1908	Srinagar, looking towards the Palace ca 1903
Priest taking dinner with his Pupil ca 1908	Indian Girls ca 1905	Darjeeling. Dandy and Bearers. ca 1908
The Entrance, Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo ca 1908	Jeypore Zenana Carriage ca 1908	Hindu Temple ca 1899

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