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.

Government College, Lahore ca 1903	Hindoe [Hindu] ca 1900	South Indian Woman
The Museum, Calcutta ca 1905	Hindu Temple Manora Karachi ca 1920	Bombay Victoria Terminus ca 1905
[Indian Woman in Studio] ca 1920	The Roberts Statue, Calcutta ca 1905	The Albert Museum, Jaipur ca 1905
The Albert Museum, Jeypore ca 1901	Madras Girl with fruit ca 1910	The Pontoon Bridge on the Hooghly. Calcutta. ca 1905
Martund Temple, Kashmir ca 1903	A Marwari Woman ca 1905	Interior of Taj, Agra ca 1905
Famous Nautch Girl ca 1907	Lahore. Golden Mosque. ca 1905	A Table Servant ca 1908
Temple at Ramnagar, Benares ca 1905	A Kashmir Woman ca 1903	Coromandel Coaster (India) 19th Century ca 1910
Plucking Tea, Dambatenne Estate, Ceylon ca 1910	Jain Temple Calcutta. ca 1907	A Pahari Woman ca 1908
A Village Belle, Kashmir ca 1905	Parsi Tower of Silence ca	Rice Grinding [handwritten] ca 1905
A Water Carrier, Central Provinces India. ca 1908	Gwalior, Sas Bhao Temple ca 1903	Jemadar Mir Dast, V.C., I.O.M. ca 1915

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