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.

Coonoor ca 1905	Pattawala (Office Peon) ca 1905	Calcutta ca 1908
Greetings from South India ca 1896	Frohe Weinachten [Merry Christmas] ca 1919	33rd Punjabis ca 1911
The Harvest ca 1904	Kothari Parade and Lady Lloyd Pier ca 1905	An Indian Village ca 1910
Ahmedabad Hindu ca 1905	An Ayah ca 1910	Footwear of Nations, 10 Designs - No. 4 India 1906
Thibetan [Tibetan] Woman, Darjeeling ca 1905	The River showing Jetties and Howrah Bridge ca 1905	Amphitheatre, Coronation Durbar, Delhi ca 1911
The Deccan Postal Service ca 1900	Benares on the Ganges ca 1908	Meerut. Electric power house ca 1908
Murree from Pindi Point (snow) ca 1905	Naina Devi Temple ca 1905	A Nair Lady, Malabar ca 1905
Indian Postman ca 1900	Country Boats on the Jhelum ca 1910	General Post Office, Meerutt (India) ca 1905
Bangalore. Alsur Temple Gateway. ca 1905	Amritsar. The Golden Temple Gateway and Entrance. ca 1905	A Toddy Drawer, Madras ca 1905
The Mausoleum - Khusru Bagh. Allahabad. ca 1905	Barian Bazaar (Snow) ca 1905	A Kashmir Boatman, Srinagar ca 1915

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