Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday rural and urban scenes in Kashmir from the late 19th century to the 1930s. The pictures include village children outside a stone house in 1937; a busy stepped street in Srinagar with wooden buildings; schoolboys doing gymnastics in an early 20th century courtyard; the wild Dal Lake wetland ecosystem before modern changes; vibrant River Jhelum yarbal in Srinagar in 1924 with washing and boats; a busy Jhelum riverbank with cantilever bridge in the early 1900s; Kashmiri Pandit peasant women with baskets in the 1890s; traditional musicians playing rabab; Hari Parbat hill and fort in 1920; and the entrance to Baramulla with moored doongas in 1880. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph shows a group of village children standing together outside a modest stone-built house in rural Kashmir in August 1937. Their clothing, posture, and bare surroundings reflect everyday life in the countryside during this period, where childhood was closely...

A collection of old photographs showing daily life, trade, education, shrines, and landscapes in Kashmir from the 1870s to around 1915. The pictures include a street-side sweet shop in Srinagar with trays of confections; girl students at Miss Fitze School in Fateh Kadal; a panoramic view of Srinagar across the Jhelum River around 1870; riverbank life in Baramulla in the 1870s; a portrait of a boatman's daughter; devotees at Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom shrine; Verinag Spring with its Mughal pavilion; visitors at Aishmuqam Shrine; patients at an open-air dispensary in Baramulla; and houseboats moored along a quiet lake. Simple views of old Kashmir. A street-side sweet shop in Srinagar around 1915, with large trays of freshly prepared sweets arranged openly for customers along a busy market frontage. Shops like this were an everyday part of urban life, producing confections made from ingredients such as honey, nuts, and grain-based pastes that were widely consumed across the region. These s...

 A collection of old photographs showing everyday routines, crafts, and community moments in Kashmir from the 1870s to the early 20th century. The pictures include a woman spinning yarn on a traditional yander wheel outdoors with a child nearby; children playing the hopscotch-style game saz’lo’ng in a village courtyard around 1903; a young shepherd’s daughter seated by a sheep overlooking Dal Lake in the late 19th century; the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar viewed from surrounding lanes in 1906; a studio portrait of women in pherans with hookah and kangri in 1907; charcoal sellers carrying heavy loads along a path in the 1870s; earthenware hawkers with baskets of clay pots on a roadside in the late 19th century; a serene view of Manasbal Lake in the 1880s; paddy fields and villages near Banihal Pass in 1928; and a young girl on a wooden boat on Dal Lake. Simple views of old Kashmir. This early twentieth century photograph shows a Kashmiri woman seated outdoors, operating a yander, the tr...

A collection of charming vintage postcards and photographs showcasing mid-20th century Kashmir's beauty, culture, and daily life. The pictures include a young woman in red embroidered pheran with dejihoor earrings; two women with ornate attire and hookah; houseboats on Dal Lake; the floating vegetable market with loaded shikaras; devotees at Hazratbal Shrine; suspension bridge in Pahalgam with horseback tourists; bustling Lal Chowk streets; Shalimar Bagh terraced gardens; pony treks to Thajwas Glacier in Sonamarg; and a group of women and children with a Western visitor in a rural setting. Simple views of old Kashmir. This charming vintage postcard from mid-20th century Kashmir features a young Kashmiri woman radiating warmth with a gentle smile, elegantly dressed in a deep red pheran adorned with intricate golden tilla embroidery, a crisp white headscarf, traditional heavy ear ornaments (dejihoor), and multiple gold bangles on her wrists, posed against a painted backdrop of misty ...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday scenes in Kashmir from the 1860s to the 1970s. The pictures include lotus flowers blooming on Dal Lake in the early 20th century, a street view of Lal Chowk in Srinagar during the 1960s–1970s, a sunset on Dal Lake, a historic bridge in Srinagar with river activity below from the early 1900s, Manasbal Lake in the early 20th century, the River Jhelum in Srinagar with grass-grown rooftops before the 1940s, dunga boats moored along the Jhelum in the 1960s, a peasant girl in rural Kashmir from the 1870s, the bridge at Ganderbal in the early 20th century, and a Kashmiri boat girl near the water from the 1860s–1870s. Simple views of lakes, rivers, and daily life in old Kashmir. A wide view of lotus flowers in full bloom across Dal Lake in Srinagar, photographed in the early twentieth century. The dense spread of leaves and blossoms covers the water surface, with mountains rising quietly in the background. Such scenes were a familiar part of ...