Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday commerce and street life in Srinagar during the 1970s and 1980s. The pictures include an elderly shopkeeper seated among sacks of grains and spices while holding a hookah; men at a timber distribution site using traditional weighing scales for logs; two children standing on a street with shops in the background; densely packed wooden houses along a riverbank with carved balconies; children seated on the edge of a traditional donga houseboat; a multi-storey brick commercial building with shops like a printing press; a lively fruit market at Dal Gate with crates of apples and handicraft displays; residents on a long donga on the River Jhelum; a cotton seller surrounded by large sacks for bedding materials; and busy ground-floor shops under wooden residential buildings with hanging laundry and signboards. Simple views of old Kashmir. This color photograph shows an elderly shopkeeper seated inside a traditional market shop in Srinagar, sur...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday street and riverside life in Srinagar during the 1980s. The pictures include narrow residential lanes with traditional multi-storey wooden houses, brick extensions, balconies, overhead wires, and pedestrians going about daily routines; groups of children in simple clothing standing together in neighborhood streets; the Khanqah-e-Moula (Shah-e-Hamdan) shrine with its carved wooden architecture, visitors, and caretakers managing donations; densely built houses along the Jhelum River with stone steps, moored dunga boats, and reflections on the water; a traditional metal utensil shop with hanging pots and vessels; and broader views of the river with bridges, houseboats, and tightly packed riverfront buildings. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from the 1980s captures a residential street scene in Srinagar, offering a close view of everyday urban life away from formal commercial centers. Traditional multi-storey wooden houses li...

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 movement and community scenes in Srinagar during the mid to late twentieth century. The pictures include houseboats moored along the Jhelum River near Budshah Bridge in 1969 with integrated riverside neighborhoods; Kashmiri women gathered in a public setting in the 1950s wearing traditional clothing; a man in traditional attire with a walking stick at a communal event in 1960; residents along the shores of Wular Lake in 1958 engaged in washing, fishing, and social activities beside stone embankments; small boats on the Jhelum River at Zaina Kadal in 1985 with dense riverbank buildings; and people crossing Amira Kadal bridge in 1962 using bicycles, tongas, and foot traffic. Simple views of old Kashmir. This 1969 color photograph shows a line of houseboats moored along the Jhelum River near Budshah Bridge in Srinagar. The river served as the main waterway of the Kashmir Valley, supporting transport, trade, and residential life along it...