Rare Vintage Kashmir Photos: 1930s-1980s Work & Daily Life
A collection of old photographs showing work and daily life in Kashmir from the 1930s to the 1980s. The pictures include labourers posing in the 1930s, workers in an early 1900s Srinagar silk factory, rural peasant women, school children outside a shop in 1984, Burn Hall School students in the 1940s, families at home entrances, construction of the Karan Nagar power station in 1962, houseboats on the Jhelum River in the 1970s-80s, people along the river banks, and homes of carpet weavers in Srinagar. Simple views of old Kashmir. A group of schoolchildren gathered outside a small neighborhood shop in Srinagar during June 1984, dressed in red and white school uniforms typical of the period. The scene reflects everyday urban life in residential areas, where shops functioned not only as places of trade but also as social points within the neighborhood. Children pause along their route, while shopkeepers and local residents stand nearby, illustrating the close interaction between daily ro...