Winter Streets & Village Life in Old Kashmir Photographs
A collection of old photographs showing everyday routines and shared spaces in Kashmir during the twentieth century. The pictures include a winter street near Burn Hall School in Srinagar in January 1976 with horse-drawn tongas on a snow-lined road; the historic Madeen Sahib Masjid in Hawal, Srinagar from 1905 with its carved stonework and arched entrances; a crowded winter market street in Srinagar around 1980 with pedestrians in pherans carrying kangars, handcarts, and mixed transport; a village boy resting in open grassland around 1950 with grazing animals in the background; women carrying large bundles of firewood on rural paths in the 1950s using traditional cloth supports; and a foreign family on a shikara ride across calm Nageen Lake in 1964 with mountain views. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from January 1976 captures a winter street scene near Burn Hall School in Srinagar, with snow lining the roadside and horse-drawn carts moving along a wet, reflective road...