The Paper Jewels Daily Gem

A new Raj (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Myanmar) postcard here, on Instagram and Facebook every 72 hours. Can also be perused as categories. Based on the book Paper Jewels Postcards from the Raj by Omar Khan (Mapin/Alkazi, 2018).

Watch our new Postcard Pearls, brief videos blending old postcards with the locations today. Watch #1 Frere Hall Karachi and #2 Sukkur: Bridge on the Indus.

The Government College, Lahore ca 1910	Lakshmi ca 1905	The Bund, Poona ca 1904
Tiger Hunting ca 1905	Best Wishes for Christmas and New Year ca 1942	Rabindranath Tagore ca 1935
A General View. Tombs of Sultan Nizamuddin and Jahanara Begum. ca 1907	Camp Dakka In The Late Afghan War 1919 ca 1919	Camel Transport Khebar [Khyber] Pass ca 1930
The Gate, Taj Mahal, Agra ca 1907	Chalking the Doorstep, Madras ca 1905	Cashmere ca 1910
Gruss aus Carl Hagenbeck's Indien 1898 1898	Guzarath [Gujarat] College, Ahmedabad ca 1908	The Guardians of The Gate ca 1906
Gwalior Fortress ca 1908	The General Post Office, Lahore ca 1910	Kabli Gate ca 1905
Fruit Sellers ca 1903	From Elk Hill, Ootacamund ca 1903	Greetings From Calcutta ca 1898
The Mall with Church (Murree) ca 1907	Club Road Avenue, Fort, Belgaum ca 1907	Babu Badridas' Jain Temple, Calcutta ca 1906
Albert Hall, Side View, Jaipur ca 1907	Shri Shiv Panchaitan ca 1930	Alaudeen Gate, Delhi. ca 1907
The Fruit Stall ca 1907	The Taj, Agra ca 1902	Ahmed din Buildings Rawalpindi ca 1920

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