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It’s that time again! Vintage photos of Sikh women on Throwback Thursday!  The photos this week range from 1943 to 1970! Enjoy! Thanks again for your submissions!  If you have vintage photos of Kaurs, we’d love to post them! Share them with us at info@kaurlife.org. Enjoy!

1968. Punjab. Sarjeet Kaur and her husband,.... holding their daughter.... Source: Private Collection.

1968. Punjab. Sarjeet Kaur and her husband, holding their daughter. Source: Private Collection.

 

1952. Sikh Wedding in Chilliwack, Cananda. Photo by Leon Holt of the Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver Public Library.

1952. Sikh Wedding in Chilliwack, Canada. Photo by Leon Holt of the Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver Public Library.

 

 

1952. Sikh Wedding in Chilliwack, Cananda. Photo by Leon Holt of the Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver Public Library.

1952. Sikh Wedding in Chilliwack, Canada. Photo by Leon Holt of the Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver Public Library.

 

1952. Newlywed Sikh Couple in Chilliwack, Canada. Photo by Leon Holt of the Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver Public Library.

1952. Newlywed Sikh Couple in Chilliwack, Canada. Photo by Leon Holt of the Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver Public Library.

March 1945. Women & children inside the Khalsa Diwan Society of Vancouver. Photo by Don Coltman. Source: City of Vancouver Archives.

March 1945. Women & children inside the Khalsa Diwan Society of Vancouver. Photo by Don Coltman. Source: City of Vancouver Archives.

 

Circa 1960. Sikh woman in a sari in Vancouver. Photographer: Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver public library.

Circa 1960. Sikh woman in a sari in Vancouver. Photographer: Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver public library.

Jan 1943. Sikh family standing around a stove. Photographer: Jack Lindsay of the Vancouver News-Herald. Source: City of Vancouver Archives.

Jan 1943. Sikh family standing around a stove. Photographer: Jack Lindsay of the Vancouver News-Herald. Source: City of Vancouver Archives.

 

Sikh women; one in her teens and one in her middle age. Source: City of Birmingham Digital Library Archives.

Circa 1970. Sikh women; one in her teens and one in her middle age. Source: City of Birmingham Digital Library Archives.

 

1956. Sikh woman in a sari in Vancouver. Photographer: Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver public library.

1956. Sikh woman in a sari in Vancouver. Photographer: Province Newspaper. Source: Vancouver public library.

1949. Crowd with flags greeting Jawaharlal Nehru (off camera) outside the Sikh gurdwara. Photo by Province Newspaper. Source: City of Vancouver Archives.

1949. Crowd with flags greeting Jawaharlal Nehru (off camera) outside the Sikh gurdwara. Photo by Province Newspaper. Source: City of Vancouver Archives.

 

Circa 1970s. Two young Sikh parents with their baby in a photographer's studio in Birmingham, England. source: City of Birmingham Digital Library Archives.

Circa 1970s. Two young Sikh parents with their baby in a photographer’s studio in Birmingham, England. source: City of Birmingham Digital Library Archives.