Dal Lake & River Jhelum Scenes in Old Kashmir Photographs
A collection of old photographs showing everyday landscapes and community life in Srinagar and Baramulla from the 1870s to the 1960s. The pictures include the Dalgate weir and lock system in the 1880s with wooden boats along earthen embankments; houseboats and residential buildings along Dal Gate in 1960 with traditional mud roofs; a panoramic view of the Zero Bridge site around 1910 with houseboats, the Srinagar Club, and Chunt Kul canal; medical treatment outdoors at the Mission Hospital in Baramulla in the early 20th century by missionary sisters; an elevated 1875 view of the River Jhelum and Fateh Kadal bridge with densely clustered wooden houses on both banks; and a Kashmiri woman with a child in traditional attire at Nishat Garden in 1964. Simple views of old Kashmir. This rare 1880s photograph documents the Dalgate area of Srinagar, showing the early weir and lock system that regulated the outflow of Dal Lake into the River Jhelum. Dalgate served as one of the two primary ou...