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.

Sudder Bazaar, Peshawar 1910	Hajee Ismail Saits New Sawmill, Kolar Gold Fields ca 1901	A Jaipur Sardar ca 1905
Mohamedan Marriage ca 1905	at Mutta, Mohmand Field Force ca 1908	A Toda House, Its Master and Mistress. ca 1905
Rickshaw Mussoorie. Dandy Mussoorie. ca 1905	A Buddhist Priest, Ceylon ca 1908	Road Rolling ca 1930
Jeypore. The Chowk and Hawa Mahal ca 1905	Souvenir of East Indies Ganges Pagoda ca 1897	The Staff College Quetta ca 1910
The Central Model School, Lahore ca 1908	Bombay Native Bazaar ca 1905	Watchers Trans-Border Type ca 1915
Nagarkhana Gate, Fort, Belgaum ca 1905	The Pykara Falls, Nilgiris ca 1905	Tatawadha ca 1905
The Well at Sultan Nizamuddeen. Delhi. ca 1905	Bombay ca 1900	Baramullah, Kashmir. ca 1904
Maner Bihar ca 1898	Rajputana Aboriginal ca 1910	A Group of Ayahs ca 1905
How our Food is cooked The Bawarchi The Cook 1911	Albert Hall, Front view. Jaipur. ca 1905	Calcutta ca 1897
The "Chuprassie" ca 1910	Juggler with goat and monkey ca 1903	Royal Visit at Gwalior, on Jan 1905 ca 1910

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