Kashmir Through Old Photographs

A collection of old photographs showing everyday spaces and routines in Srinagar and surrounding areas from the 1870s to the mid twentieth century. The pictures include the terraced layout of Nishat Bagh garden in the 1870s with stepped pathways toward Dal Lake; the early site of the SPS Library in Srinagar in the 1890s with its stone building and verandas; a traditional wooden granary structure with raised floor and thatched roof in a rural Kashmiri house from the early twentieth century; the market street in Gulmarg with multi-storey wooden shops, pedestrians, and ponies; a narrow urban lane in Srinagar in the mid twentieth century with men conversing and cyclists; and riverside bath houses along the Jhelum River near Habba Kadal in 1964 with wooden platforms and residential buildings. Simple views of old Kashmir. This 1964 photograph shows a row of traditional bath houses and riverside structures along the Jhelum River in Srinagar, near the Habba Kadal area. The buildings includ...

A collection of old photographs showing everyday street trades and domestic routines in Srinagar during the twentieth century. The pictures include a baker handing fresh bread to a customer in the 1970s with shelves full of loaves; a portrait of a traditional kulfi seller known for handcrafted treats; a woman husking rice with a wooden pestle and stone mortar in early twentieth-century attire; a modest bakery shop with decorative woodwork and stacked breads; a studio portrait of Hafiza performers from the early twentieth-century dance tradition; children washing clothes along the Jhelum River bank in the late twentieth century; and a neighborhood shop in the 1980s with vegetable displays, pedestrians, and a cinema poster nearby. Simple views of old Kashmir. This photograph shows a Kashmiri baker in Srinagar during the 1970s, handing freshly baked bread to a customer across a wooden counter. Behind him, shelves are stacked with round breads and baked items, reflecting the scale and s...