Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday commerce, landmarks, and leisure in Srinagar from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s. The pictures include a weekly market at Hazratbal in 1963 with foreign tourists among local vendors under canvas shelters; the Jamia Masjid with its traditional burza mud roofing in the mid twentieth century; young English visitors boating on Dal Lake in 1929; Boulevard Road along the lake in the 1970s–1980s with houseboats and pedestrians; Hari Singh High Street in the early 1940s showing its planned shopping-residential blocks; and a vegetable seller at a market stall in 1896 surrounded by baskets of local produce like knol kohl and gourds, with Kashmiri Pandit customers. Simple views of old Kashmir. This 1963 photograph shows a weekly market scene at Hazratbal in Srinagar, with a foreign tourist couple standing among local vendors and residents. Temporary market stalls are set up under canvas shelters, a common practice for Friday markets a...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday spaces and routines in Srinagar and surrounding areas from the 1870s to the mid twentieth century. The pictures include the terraced layout of Nishat Bagh garden in the 1870s with stepped pathways toward Dal Lake; the early site of the SPS Library in Srinagar in the 1890s with its stone building and verandas; a traditional wooden granary structure with raised floor and thatched roof in a rural Kashmiri house from the early twentieth century; the market street in Gulmarg with multi-storey wooden shops, pedestrians, and ponies; a narrow urban lane in Srinagar in the mid twentieth century with men conversing and cyclists; and riverside bath houses along the Jhelum River near Habba Kadal in 1964 with wooden platforms and residential buildings. Simple views of old Kashmir. This 1964 photograph shows a row of traditional bath houses and riverside structures along the Jhelum River in Srinagar, near the Habba Kadal area. The buildings includ...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday urban scenes in Baramulla and Srinagar from the 1860s to the 1980s. The pictures include an 1875 aerial view of Baramulla with its historic wooden cantilever bridge over the Veth River, cultivated fields, and early settlements; a narrow downtown Srinagar street in the 1970s with freshly tarred road and traditional buildings; Habba Kadal Chowk in 1982 as a busy junction with shops, pedestrians, and banners; multi-storey wooden houses along a narrow water channel in Srinagar from the 1860s–1880s; a market lane around 1980 with hanging fabrics, handcarts, and textile sellers; and Lal Chowk near the Gurdwara around 1970 with shopfronts, cyclists, and people walking. Simple views of old Kashmir. This rare aerial photograph captures Baramulla as seen in 1875 from the right bank of Veth, looking upstream toward the historic wooden cantilever Baramulla Old Bridge, commonly known as the Six Pier Bridge. The structure is distinguished by its w...