Kashmir Through Old Photographs

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 rare vintage photographs capturing everyday moments and urban scenes in Srinagar and Jammu & Kashmir from the late 19th century to the 1980s. The images include a boatman relaxing with a hookah on his hay-laden doonga in 1980; women laughing together in traditional phirans indoors in 1980; the elegant arcaded shops and pedestrians on Hari Singh High Street in the early 20th century; children gathered joyfully at a doorway in Khanyar Rozabal in 1979; bustling crowds crossing Zainakadal Bridge in 1980; a multi-generational group under chinar trees from the late 1880s–1890s; serene riverside houses along the Jhelum; lively scenes on the 4th Bridge in 1911 and Amira Kadal in 1943; and women with a pet dog in a traditional home from the late 1890s–early 1900s. A color photograph from 1980 captures the quiet solitude of a Kashmiri boatman taking a break on his traditional wooden doonga in the shallow backwaters near Srinagar, standing poised at the stern with a long ho...