Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday urban scenes and heritage in Srinagar during the twentieth century. The pictures include a woman selling traditional embroidered and everyday Kashmiri caps in a small bazaar shop around 1920; a traditional village kitchen interior in the 1980s with women and children around clay stoves and earthen utensils during winter; Lal Chowk commercial area in the late 1940s with grass-covered roofs on buildings, shops, pedestrians, and bicycles; the Shah-e-Hamdan shrine along the River Jhelum riverbank in 1911 with boats and wooden structures; Amira Kadal bridge over the Jhelum in 1910 showing its cantilever design and river activity below; and the Tourist Reception Centre in Srinagar in 1979 with its courtyard, buses, and visitors. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from 1920 shows a woman seated inside her small shop in Srinagar, engaged in the trade of traditional Kashmiri caps. Shelves behind her display various styles of headgea...

A collection of old photographs and postcards showing everyday scenes in Kashmir from the 1890s to the 1970s. The pictures include the Baradari pavilion at Nishat Bagh in Srinagar in 1970 with its twelve open doorways, water channels, and symmetrical pathways; a view of Dal Lake from Nishat Bagh in the early twentieth century with clustered wooden boats and people along the shoreline; the historic Badiyar Bala brick building near Habba Kadal along the Jhelum River with arched openings; the River Jhelum in Srinagar during the 1890s with boats and the departure of a viceroy's royal barge near Fateh Kadal; two Kashmiri Pandit women in traditional long robes with wide sleeves from the early twentieth century; and a Royal Air Force tent camp in Sonamarg during the 1940s with personnel and mountain backdrop. Simple views of old Kashmir. This 1970 photograph shows the Baradari at the main gate of Nishat Bagh in Srinagar, a classical Mughal garden pavilion designed with twelve open doo...