Pictures from cities: Karachi

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Hindu Gymkhana, Karachi

 

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Sunset at karachi beach..

 

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HABIB BANK PLAZA...

 

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The old fort at the Karachi harbor, the Karachi Fort (Charles Masson, 1830)

 

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Views of the old village of Karachi (c. 1850)

 

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Maggar Talao (Alligator Tank): a swampy oasis filled with alligators attributed to a miracle performed by Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a sufi saint in Sindh

 

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Napier Barracks - constructed in 1847

 

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The Trinity Church - consecrated in 1855, its exceptionally tall tower was used as a beacon for ships approaching the Karachi Harbour (last picture dates from 1890)

 

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The Frere Hall (c. 1865) designed in memory of the Comissioner of Sindh from 1851-59, Sir Bartle Frere
(First picture is circa 1890)

 

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Picture showing the Sindh Club and the Frere Hall (c. 1890)

 

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The St. Patrick's Cathedral - built in 1881. The first picture (dating from 1892) is a British Library image, also showing the St. Joseph's Convent School in the background (established in 1868)

 

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Merewether Memorial Tower (1884): built in memory of Sir William L. Merewether, commissioner of Sindh (1868-77)

 

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Sindh Arts College (now D. J. Science College) (1887)
(First picture: c. 1928)

 

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View of the Karachi City in 1889