Lahore Lahore Hay | Lahore Historical Images

1- Exterior of the sacred Sikh Shrine w. a large sign in English & Punjabi, commemorating Sikh Guru Srimaharaja Ranjit Singh Sahib, the Lion of Punjab.

3rd Lahore Indian Division. Circa October 1914 Whenever the mules, which carry the Indian mountain guns and ammunition, see any sand, or mud, or dust, nothing will prevent them from having a bath in it.

1913. India, British Empire. A group of Europeans enjoying a picnic, Lahore.

A lithograph by Charles Harding of a scene outside Emperor Jehangir's tomb near to Lahore in Pakistan

A lithograph by Charles Hardinge of the Hazari Bagh in Lahore, Pakistan

A street scene in Lahore.

A Travelling Camel Carriage from Lahore to Peshawar, Governor General's Camp, 1858-61. Artist Unknown.

Advertisement for the North Western Railway promoting travel to Lahore, 1935

An Akali or Akalee devotee of Sikhism in Lahore, Pakistan, circa 1870

Anarkali's tomb, Lahore, Pakistan, circa 1908. (

circa 1880 A view of the Scinde Delhi and Punjab Railway, a few miles from Lahore, looking towards Meena Mir on the plains of Punjab in Northern India (modern-day Pakistan).

Circa 1946 Barber appraising growth on a man's face before giving him a shave in the market place.

Circa 1946 Butcher brandishing a switch over cuts of meat to keep the flies away in his stall at the market.

Circa 1946 Butcher w. large fan which he uses to fan cuts of meat in his stall in a market

Circa 1946 Man cooking food over a brazier in the background. as men sit down at the counter to partake of dishes covered by cheesecloth at a food stall in the market.

Circa 1946 Pedestrian traffic on the street.

Circa 1946Two men sleeping on the street.

The exterior of the sacred Sikh Shrine where Sikhs are bathing their feet & drinking a bit of the water they bathed in during the entrance ritual before their religious service.

Lahore in Rains

His Royal Highness, the Maharajah Dalip Singh is shown in this photograph. Dalip was the son of Ranjit Singh, the powerful Lion of Lahore who controlled Punjab for almost 50 years.

Meeting of Ranjit Singh the Maharajah of Lahore and two Europeans, Ventura, an Italian by birth, and Allard, a Frenchman. They came to Lahore in 1822 to seek service in the Sikh army.

Muslim Mullahs or Boatmen

Pakistan-India, A group of European people pose for a photograph in front of an elephant saddled with a howdah, shortly before embarking on an elephant ride.

Pakistan-India, Caparisoned kneeling elephant with attendant, ladder and mahout and Europeans in the howdah.Original manuscript caution government House Lahore 1921, 1921.

Rival pot sellers in the Chatty market, stereoview card circa 1900 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Runjeet Singh's Tomb and the Great Mosque at Lahore, 1858-61. Artist Unknown.

Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan, circa 1926

Sikh worshippers sharing their offerings of food as part of their ritual during service in Sikh Shrine

Sikh worshippers sharing their offerings of food as part of their ritual during service in the Sikh Shrine

Staff and pupils at a Christian boarding school in Lahore, India (now in Pakistan), circa 1879.

Terminal Railway Station of Lahore in Northwestern India

The Golden Mosque (Suneri Mosque) in Lahore, early 20th century. India Pakistan Indian Empire. Built-in 1753 by Nawab Syed Bhikari Khan.

The winners in the Punjab University Sports Final at Chauburji Grounds in Lahore, (later Pakistan), 26th January 1924.

The Zamzama Great Gun at Lahore, Punjab, This great cannon, made famous at the start of Rudyard Kipling's classic 'Kim', was brought to its present site on a traffic island outside Lahore Central Museum in 1870.

Victorian stereoview card from circa 1900, historic social image. Men and boys sitting around an old canon; Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

View down a street towards Vizir Khan Mosque, stereoview card circa 1900; Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

View of the city of Lahore, Pakistan - Date of Photo 1863-1870

Young Indians attending lessons of mathematics in a schoolyard in Lahore, Punjab, India, Photograph, 3,4,1933