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.

Mumtaz-i-Mahal "The Exalted one of the Palace." (from an ivory miniature) The Taj, Tomb of Mumtaz-i-Mahal. Built by the Emperor Shah Jehan. 1909	[Theatrical Troupe, Murree] ca 1905	Greetings from Peshawar ca 1905
Historic India. Ravages of White Ants. Beams Eaten Out. ca 1905	Water Maid. Jaipur. ca 1910	Srimati Sarojini Naidu ca 1928
Moplah Women ca 1905	Bombay, Bara Bazaar ca 1905	Returning Caravans Khyber Pass ca 1925
In the Market, Bangalore. ca 1910	Bombay View 1899	[Fakir Benares] ca 1915
Sir William Wedderburn ca 1905	Vishwamitra-Menaka ca 1905	Sadh Bela Built in the Indus - Sukkur ca 1940
Mar Nala, Srinagar Kashmir ca 1904	Lala Lajpat Rai ca 1929	Wayfarers ca 1905
Benares - Assec [Assi] Ghat ca 1905	Ranjit Singh's Tomb, Lahore ca 1908	General View of Victoria Gardens, Bombay ca 1905
Views of Madras ca 1903	Interior of Walkeshwar Temple ca 1905	Benares - Viweshar Mahadeo ca 1910
A Wet Day, Madras ca 1905	Two American Congress Supporters ca 1931	A Typical Yarkundi ca 1903
Vishnu Garud-vahan ca 1905	A Mhamadan [Mohammadan] Mullah, N.W.F.P. ca 1920	The Residency Quetta ca 1905

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