The Snapshots in Time Collection
Houseboats and Shikara Boats on Dal Lake, Kashmir, India, 1944-1945
Houseboats line the shore of a Kashmiri lake, likely Dal Lake near Srinagar, a favored rest-and-recreation retreat for Allied troops serving in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Servicemen stationed in Burma and Assam often traveled here on leave between 1944 and 1945. Project: 218040