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.

Barian Bazaar (Snow) ca 1905	A Kashmir Boatman, Srinagar ca 1915	[Movie Ad Card] ca 1940
Ellerman's City Line to India ca 1908	Astronomical Observatory - Jaipur 1915	Hamburg India Harbour ca 1910
Kradyal Canal, Srinagar, Kashmir ca 1910	General Post Office 1899	Apple Tree Nala, Srinagar, (Kashmir) ca 1904
Funeral Prayers for Abdul Qayum ca 1935	Indian Soldier, World War I ca 1914	[Fairey] IIID Crash Bombay 1925
The Ayah ca 1903	Aligators at Maghar Pir, Karachi ca 1905	The Apollo Bunder, Bombay ca 1905
Souvenir of East Indies Victoria Fountain ca 1897	King Emperor`s Message to the British Troops from India. ca 1915	[Indian Cavalry] ca 1905
Water bearer. Bombay. 1899	Tea in Transit to Wharf Ceylon ca 1910	Temple Chenar Bagh ca 1910
Netaji. Subhas Chandra Bose ca 1948	The Fakirs at Benares, On the Bank of the Ganges. India. ca 1910	Paschendaele Nov. 1914 Cavaliere indienne [Indian Cavalry] ca 1914
A Rajput of Rajgarh ca 1905	Home Rule League, Madras 1917	Darjeeling (Himalaya) ca 1905
Hindustan Nawab and his family (17th Century) ca 1900	Shopping on the Dal Lake ca 1910	Kandy ca 1910

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