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Preedy Street, Karachi c.1910

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Preedy Street, Karachi 2015


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Its old Bunder Road near Mandviwala Bldg n Nishat Cinema. There was an Iranian Resturant on this crossing on the road coming from Bambino Cinema. 1950 .

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1970

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1960 .. Landa Bazar near Light House

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1950 airport

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Saddar 1960


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Street Scene Karachi near Radio Pakistan in 1964:

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Saddar

Rio

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Napier Barracks in 1847:
 
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Happier times in the 'city of lights'. A double decker bus in 1950's

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Bunder Road Karachi in 1950's:


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Milar Bridge in 1900's:

It's still there at Malir River before Quaid Abad flyover.



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Hotel Metropole Karachi in 1960's:


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A time damaged photo of the Star Cinema in Karachi taken by whilst stationed there with the British Army,” an anonymous contributor on Flickr says about this photograph.

The cinema was likely built in 1918 and was Karachi’s first, and the photograph is likely from the same year because it is playing Hands Up, a silent American western released in 1917. It was directed by Tod Browning and Wilfrid Lucas, and featured Wilfred Lucas, Colleen Moore and Rhea Haynes.


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St Joseph Convent School.

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Eduljee Dinshaw Charitable Dispensary [ Karachi ].

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Photograph of the Edulji Dinshaw Dispensary in Karachi, taken by an unknown photographer, c.1900, from an album of 46 prints titled 'Karachi Views'. Karachi, once the capital of Pakistan, is now the capital of Sindh province and the major port and main commercial centre of the country. It was a strategically located small port (Kharak Bunder) at a protected natural harbour on the Arabian Sea north-west of the mouth of the Indus, and was developed and expanded by the British, when they took over Sindh in the mid-19th century, to serve the booming trade from the Punjab and the wheat and cotton regions of the sub-continent. This charitable dispensary was built with funds provided by Edulji Dinshaw, a local Parsi gentleman who had risen from poverty to become the largest landowner in Karachi. Constructed in 1882, it was the first building in the city designed in the 'Italianate' style, influenced by the Italian Renaissance. It was one of three dispensaries in Karachi towards the end of the nineteenth century and provided treatment for over a hundred patients a day.


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Staff of The Eastern Electric and Trading Company Karachi in 1912:

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Caltex Fuel Pump near Jaffer Brothers Saddar

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Ahmed Shah Patras Bokhari at The Times of Karachi in 1940's:

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Photograph of the lighthouse and associated buildings at Manora Karachi in 1900

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Elphi Karachi in 1900's:


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A train arrives Karachi Cantt Station (via Lahore) in 1948:

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Elphinstone Street Karachi in 1935 :


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Interior of the Church Holy Trinity, Karachi in 1870:



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Workers at the Construction of Refinery Karachi in 1960's:


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