Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing daily life and movement in Kashmir from the early 1900s to the 1980s. The pictures include a winter view of Hotel Highland Park in Gulmarg during the 1970s with heavy snowfall, a shikara on Dal Lake in Srinagar in the 1970s, the riverside near Chinar Bagh in Srinagar in 1906 with moored boats, a bridge and riverfront in Srinagar during the 1960s–1970s with stacked timber logs, the riverfront in Baramulla in the early 1900s with wooden buildings and boats, a panoramic view of Srinagar with dense houses and mountains, the Fateh Kadal bridge area in Srinagar, a shikara on Dal Lake in the 1980s, flower sellers in small boats on Dal Lake in the 1980s, and the Del Camp area in Gulmarg with cottage-style houses. Simple views of lakes, rivers, and waterfronts in old Kashmir. A winter view of Hotel Highland Park in Gulmarg during the 1970s, with the building surrounded by heavy snowfall and dense forest in the background. Snowbanks rise high around the...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday life and community scenes in Kashmir from the early twentieth century to the 1970s. The pictures include the houseboat Cutty Sark on Dal Lake in Srinagar in 1961 surrounded by dense lotus growth and shikara boats; a group of teachers, staff, and students at Islamia School in 1965 with many from the Kashmiri Pandit community; guests at a traditional Kashmiri Pandit marriage feast in 1928 seated on the ground with food on copper plates; a family in a traditional donga boat on Dal Lake in the early twentieth century propelled by a pole; village children standing together in simple clothing in 1971; and people along the River Jhelum at Bejbehara in 1915 washing, bathing, and socializing near wooden structures and stone embankments. Simple views of old Kashmir. This color photograph from 1961 shows the houseboat Cutty Sark anchored on Dal Lake in Srinagar at a time when the lake remained largely clean and ecologically balanced. Dense lotu...