Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday commerce, landmarks, and leisure in Srinagar from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s. The pictures include a weekly market at Hazratbal in 1963 with foreign tourists among local vendors under canvas shelters; the Jamia Masjid with its traditional burza mud roofing in the mid twentieth century; young English visitors boating on Dal Lake in 1929; Boulevard Road along the lake in the 1970s–1980s with houseboats and pedestrians; Hari Singh High Street in the early 1940s showing its planned shopping-residential blocks; and a vegetable seller at a market stall in 1896 surrounded by baskets of local produce like knol kohl and gourds, with Kashmiri Pandit customers. Simple views of old Kashmir. This 1963 photograph shows a weekly market scene at Hazratbal in Srinagar, with a foreign tourist couple standing among local vendors and residents. Temporary market stalls are set up under canvas shelters, a common practice for Friday markets a...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday street life, waterways, and public spaces in Kashmir from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s. The pictures include Hari Singh High Street in Srinagar in 1983 with wooden shops and light pedestrian traffic; Ali Kadal wooden bridge over the Jhelum River in late nineteenth-century Srinagar with dense riverbank buildings; people washing clothes along Dal Lake stone steps in 1977; a traditional donga boat carrying passengers on calm waters in the early twentieth century; Mercedes tour buses parked at Tangmarg en route to Gulmarg in the 1960s with a government cafeteria nearby; and Nishat Garden along Dal Lake in the late nineteenth century with terraced steps reaching the water and no road access. Simple views of old Kashmir. A street view of Hari Singh High Street in Srinagar photographed in 1983, showing traditional wooden commercial buildings, small shops, and everyday pedestrian activity. The road appears lightly trafficked, wit...