Rural Gatherings & Travel Routes in Old Kashmir Photographs
A collection of old photographs showing everyday life, travel, and community moments in Kashmir from the 1890s to the 1960s. The pictures include Kashmiri farmers gathered in an open field in the 1890s awaiting a viceroy's visit, many holding wooden torches; Englishmen traveling with pack animals through the Sind Valley in 1944; boatmen on calm waters near Nageen Lake around 1910; two women outside a traditional brick house in Bugam village, Kulgam in 1969; pack animals resting at Zojila Pass in the early twentieth century; and merchants' houses and market boats along the Mar Canal in Srinagar around 1910. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph from the 1890s shows a large gathering of Kashmiri farmers seated in an open field while awaiting the arrival of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, who served as the Viceroy of British India from 1888 to 1894. The image is associated with his visit to Kashmir in 1893. Many individuals in the group...