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.

Tirah Field Force ca 1905	Shikarpore Bazaar ca 1903	The Bombay Policeman ca 1903
Maha Shivratri Hindu Festival Clifton Karachi ca 1920	Mumtaz-i-Mahal "The Exalted one of the Palace." (from an ivory miniature) The Taj, Tomb of Mumtaz-i-Mahal. Built by the Emperor Shah Jehan. 1909	[Theatrical Troupe, Murree] ca 1905
Greetings from Peshawar ca 1905	Historic India. Ravages of White Ants. Beams Eaten Out. ca 1905	Water Maid. Jaipur. ca 1910
Srimati Sarojini Naidu ca 1928	Moplah Women ca 1905	Bombay, Bara Bazaar ca 1905
Returning Caravans Khyber Pass ca 1925	In the Market, Bangalore. ca 1910	Bombay View 1899
[Fakir Benares] ca 1915	Sir William Wedderburn ca 1905	Vishwamitra-Menaka ca 1905
Sadh Bela Built in the Indus - Sukkur ca 1940	Mar Nala, Srinagar Kashmir ca 1904	Lala Lajpat Rai ca 1929
Wayfarers ca 1905	Benares - Assec [Assi] Ghat ca 1905	Ranjit Singh's Tomb, Lahore ca 1908
General View of Victoria Gardens, Bombay ca 1905	Views of Madras ca 1903	Interior of Walkeshwar Temple ca 1905
Benares - Viweshar Mahadeo ca 1910	A Wet Day, Madras ca 1905	Two American Congress Supporters ca 1931

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