Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday activities, crafts, streets, and waterways in Kashmir from the early 1900s to the 1980s. The pictures include men gathered at a tailoring shop in Srinagar in 1911 with a Singer sewing machine; artisans drying handmade paper sheets in 1914; a busy street scene at Habba Kadal in Srinagar during the 1980s with shops, tonga, and pedestrians; young men diving into Dal Lake in 1926; traditional bath houses along the River Jhelum in Srinagar in 1964; a vegetable seller in a boat loaded with knol khol in 1948; a boatman on Dal Lake with produce; the Choont Kul canal lined with houses and boats; a woman cleaning rice outdoors; and houseboats moored along the shoreline in 1934. Simple views of old Kashmir. This rare black-and-white photograph, taken by British photographer R.E. Shorter in 1911, captures a group of Kashmiri men gathered outside a traditional tailoring shop in Srinagar, dressed in customary early 20th-century attire including flo...

A collection of rare vintage photographs capturing everyday moments and urban scenes in Srinagar and Jammu & Kashmir from the late 19th century to the 1980s. The images include a boatman relaxing with a hookah on his hay-laden doonga in 1980; women laughing together in traditional phirans indoors in 1980; the elegant arcaded shops and pedestrians on Hari Singh High Street in the early 20th century; children gathered joyfully at a doorway in Khanyar Rozabal in 1979; bustling crowds crossing Zainakadal Bridge in 1980; a multi-generational group under chinar trees from the late 1880s–1890s; serene riverside houses along the Jhelum; lively scenes on the 4th Bridge in 1911 and Amira Kadal in 1943; and women with a pet dog in a traditional home from the late 1890s–early 1900s. A color photograph from 1980 captures the quiet solitude of a Kashmiri boatman taking a break on his traditional wooden doonga in the shallow backwaters near Srinagar, standing poised at the stern with a long ho...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday social interactions and public spaces in Kashmir during the twentieth century. The pictures include Amira Kadal bridge in Srinagar in 1965 with pedestrians and a horse-drawn tanga; a group waiting outdoors for medical care in 1912 beneath trees; the Jhelum River at Nawakadal in the 1940s with a covered donga boat and lightly built riverbanks; women carrying woven baskets of household items along a riverbank in the 1950s; a group of women in traditional attire gathered outside a stone and wooden structure in the late 1950s; and a narrow commercial lane near Habba Kadal Chowk in Srinagar in 1982 with shops, pedestrians, and a car. Simple views of old Kashmir. A mid twentieth century photograph showing Amira Kadal bridge in Srinagar during 1965, when horse-drawn tanga carriages served as a common mode of urban transport. Pedestrians are visible using the footpaths while a tanga moves along the roadway, reflecting an orderly pattern of m...