Kashmir Through Old Photographs

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...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday life and community scenes in Kashmir from the late 19th century to the 1980s. The pictures include the Fateh Kadal riverfront in Srinagar during the 1940s with its bridge and dense buildings along the Jhelum River; two boys in a wooden boat among lotus plants on Dal Lake in 1981; British-era tents at Sonawar Bagh camping ground in Srinagar in 1911; a group of children gathered near Dal Lake in the 1970s; Kashmiri women spinning wool and pashmina yarn using traditional yander wheels in homes and courtyards; and portrait of renowned oral storyteller Hatim Tilwoun from Panzin village in Kangan in 1896. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from the 1940s presents a view of Fateh Kadal in Srinagar, with the bridge spanning the Jhelum River and a dense cluster of buildings lining its banks. During this period, the riverfront around Fateh Kadal functioned as an important commercial and cultural zone, housing several well-known Kashm...

A collection of old photographs showing personal and community life in Kashmir from the 1920s to the 1970s. The pictures include educator Master Samsar Chand Kaul with his wife Lachhkuji in a quiet Srinagar outdoor setting in 1964; women vendors selling vegetables in Jamia Market near Nowhatta in the 1970s; a mother braiding her daughter’s hair in the traditional Wankah Pauren style; children standing together on rocky rural terrain in the 1950s; two men resting beside a river in 1920 wearing traditional pulhoor straw footwear; and Ustad Mohammad Abdullah Tibetbaqal performing classical Sufiana music on a string instrument. Simple views of old Kashmir. This rare 1964 photograph shows Master Samsar Chand Kaul, one of Kashmir’s most respected educators, seated alongside his wife Lachhkuji in a quiet outdoor setting in Srinagar. Born in 1883, Master Samsar Chand Kaul devoted more than six decades to teaching, primarily at the CMS School in Fateh Kadal and later at Central High School. ...