in bits and pieces
Rice fields in the Kashmir Valley as seen from the Banihal Pass
Photograph dated 1928 taken by Swiss photographer Martin Hurlimann (November 12, 1897 – March 4, 1984)
[found via: columbia.edu]
A photograph taken by me in June 2008. View of Kashmir Valley after crossing Banihal Tunnel.
The uploader of the great album Richardasplen, says:
I’ve had them for over 20 years. They were to be thrown out as junk. The Albums were in an appalling state of repair. Each Photo had to be lifted from it’s rotting support to be saved.They came into my possession with a pile of books, equally rotten, given by a friend. There are 2 Albums, the first produced in the early 1890’s, the second between 1905- 1910/12.This second album has been annotated on the reverse of each photo, the first unfortunately not, so I’m unsure where most were taken.
The collection consists of over 200 photos.
The photographs are probably by Fred Bremner.But, a lot of them are never seen before kind of stuff
Here is the link to the album of old photographs
And a big thanks to Richard!
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Mattan. Probably 1910.
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Curious, I looked for old photographs of Kashmir and came across some unseen gems like:
| Location: | Kashmir, India |
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| Date taken: | 1943 |
| Photographer: | William Vandivert |
In this photograph taken in1943, one can see a typical Srinagar suburban street. Looking at this photograph, one can say that these street have changed very little since then.
Check out the complete set of photographs of this American couple enjoying their time in Kashmir
It’s an unbelievably large collection of more than 200 photographs. A bulk of them were taken by photographer Howard Sochurek in 1951.
Along with capturing life scenes from Kashmir(see the beautiful photograph of a bunch of Kashmiri kids with their beloved Kandis ‘fire pots’), these photographs also give hints to the political environment of the time. There are photographs of “Free Kashmir” rallies in Pakistan, Kashmiris preparing to defend themselves against Kabaili intruders, UN peace folks, then there are photographs of political entities of the time like Sheikh Abdullah in better times and the young prince Karan Singh. The only color photographs of Kashmir in this collection of Life are by James Burke (died in 1964 after falling from a cliff while shooting a photo essay in the Himalayas) and are titled ‘Nehru in Kashmir’. The curious one in this set is: A NC (National Confrence) organized boat procession (were quite popular at the time) with NC and Indian flags going down the Jehlum river in Srinagar to welcome Nehru. No date is given , but were most probably taken during Nehru’s visit to Kashmir in May 1953 just before the time Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad became Prime Minister of Kashmir. There are also photographs of the pro- Abdullah protests that followed.
You can browse this entire wonderful unseen Kashmir collection here
Video of old photographs of Kashmir
Most of these photographs were found at:
find More info. and credits at my post about old photographs of Kashmir
