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.

Zuhoorun (Nautch-Girl). ca 1908	Calcutta. Burmese Pagoda Eden Gardens. ca 1908	Puri, Temple ca 1900
Colombo. Katamaran, Native Fishing Boat ca 1905	A Bhistee [Watercarrier] ca 1908	Native Village Street N.W. Frontier, India ca 1907
Darjeeling. The Bazaar. ca 1910	Calcutta. Snake Charmers. ca 1905	View of Mali Tal. Nainital. ca 1908
Prisoners making Cane Chairs, Yarrowda Jail ca 1910	Lahore. Central Museum. ca 1908	[Afghan Territory Border with British India] ca 1930
Government House, Madras ca 1904	A Punjabi Lady (Before marriage) 1910	Fruit-seller ca 1910
Snake Charmer 1899	The Bailley Guard Gate, Lucknow 1905	Pounding Grain in Kashmir ca 1910
Prince of Wales Wild Boar Bagged in Patiala State 1924	The Fort, Peshawar ca 1908	Kathiawar Prince ca 1905
A Car Festival ca 1909	45th Rattray's Sikhs ca 1911	Ruins of the Rudra Mahal at Sidhpore ca 1905
View of Ootacamund ca 1899	Vegetable Boat, Dhal Lake, Kashmir ca 1904	Parvati Temple, Poona ca 1905
Sepoys Khyber Rifles ca 1907	Kulri Bazaar, Mussoorie ca 1910	Mahamakam Festival, Kumbakonum ca 1905

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