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.

An Indian Actress ca 1908	Lucknow Modjibaman ca 1905	Native Cafe in the Camp 1931
The Tomb of Itmad-ud-Doula. Agra. ca 1911	Music ca 1910	Gwalior Fortress. Colossal Figure 62 Ft. High. ca 1908
Coolie with his Basket ca 1903	A Cobbler ca 1903	The City and the Mosque of Shah - Hamadan, Srinagar (Kashmir) ca 1910
A Jutka, Madras ca 1905	Down in the Mouth ca 1908	Afghan Women in Kerzawahs, Khyber Pass ca 1908
Indian Dancing Girl ca 1910	Juma Masjid, Delhi with a scene of Annual Friday Prayer-Meeting ca 1905	British India Hockey Team 10th Olympiad Los Angeles 1932
Alastor Mystic ca 1925	Miss Chabukswari of Delhi ca 1910	A View of Peshawar Fur market Showing Fur Bales Loaded on Carts for Export to Foreign Countries ca 1920
Historic India. Ravages of White Ants. Beams Eaten Out. ca 1908	D. Billimoria and Sulochana ca 1930	A Water Carrier, Madras ca 1905
Greetings from Jamaica, West Indies ca 1904	Souvenir of Darjeeling Himalaya ca 1900	Tomb of Tippu Sultan ca 1905
Camel Driver [handwritten] ca 1905	Bearer ca 1910	Best Christmas Wishes 1908 1908
Parsee Ladies at Seaside ca 1903	Indian Hairstyle from Antiquity to the Present ca 1902	Smoking Hookah ca 1905

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