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Peering into the Past

To know who we are as a people, we look to our ancestors who carved out new lives and upheld old traditions. Kaur Life strives to share as many vintage photos of Sikh women with the community. This way, when think about Sikh history, we no longer have blank minds, but rather a rich bank of images to recall. Here are photos of Sikh women spanning from 1911 to 1966. If you have old or vintage photos of Sikh women, we would love to share them! Submit them to info(at)kaurlife.org. See our entire collection of vintage photos here.


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A woman her baby taken by an English eye surgeon stationed in Amritsar, 1911. Credit: courtesy of Sukhbir Singh Kainth. Source: www.sikhnet.com/news/breaking-glass-ceiling-then-and-now

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Harnam Singh Hari’s family in Calgary, Canada in the early 1900s. Source: www.sikhnet.com/news/harnam-singh-hari-life-story

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Stockton Gurdwara in California. Photo taken sometime between 1912 and 1929. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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A Punjabi woman in the United States circa 1950. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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An unknown family. Circa 1950s. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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A Punjabi immigrant family in the United States. Unknown year. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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The remodeled Stockton Gurdwara in California. Photo is not older than 1929, possibly from the 1950s or 1960s. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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An unknown Sikh immigrant family in the United States in the early to mid 1900s. Source: http://punjabipioneers.com/

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