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.

"Cleveland" Tourists Viewing Kinchinjunga from Tiger Hill, Darjeeling 1912	Native Street Scene N.W. India ca 1907	Bristol Hotel, Colombo ca 1908
Bombay. View of Victoria Terminus & Municipal Building. ca 1908	Coin-card with Viceroy-Flag of India ca 1905	A Native Potter ca 1908
Greetings from John Hagenbeck & Co. ca 1899	Indus Flood, Attak Bridge, Bridge, Attack ca 1910	State Entry, Coronation Darbar Delhi ca 1911
Tea Culture Around the World ca 1910	Greetings from India ca 1905	General Post Office in Snow, Ranikhet ca 1905
A Native Musician. Peshawar ca 1907	A Street Scene in Srinagar City. ca 1909	The Taj Mahal, Agra ca 1905
Burma. British Empire Exhibition ca 1924	Punjab Government Office, Simla ca 1907	Asia [Asien] ca 1900
A Dandy ca 1910	The Hanna Pass Baluchistan ca 1910	Shipping Tea, Colombo ca 1905
Passenger Cart ca 1902	The Snowdown Residence, Simla of H.E. The C. in - Chief, Simla ca 1910	Kashmir. Srinagar ca 1906
A Tamil Lady ca 1899	Group of Waziris ca 1907	The Taj Mahal, Agra ca 1910
Street Scene, Delhi. ca 1903	Bombay-Poona Mail. Great Indian Penninsular Railway ca 1910	Hon' ble N.G. Chandravarkar ca 1905

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