Let's see some vintage black and white photographs of Dubai from the 1950s-60s (before the time discovered oil).
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| Dubai in the 1950s-1960s |
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| Dubai city, ca. 1950s |
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| The first Jashanmal store in Dubai, 1956 |
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| The Clocktower roundabout in the neighbourhood of Deira stands surrounded by sandy, ca. 1960s |
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| Oil discovered in the Trucial States, ca.1950s |
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| Bur Dubai, ca. 1960s |
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| The city's creek in Dubai, ca. 1960s |
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| Dubai airport, ca. 1960s |
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| Dubai Airport in 1965 |
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| The first jet aircraft to land on the new runway at Dubai Airport was a Comet from Middle East Airlines in 1965 |
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| Water supplying in Dubai, ca.1960s |
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| A man selling dried herbs and lemon pauses to smoke a shisha pipe, ca. 1960s |
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| A group of Bedouin play music outside a house, ca. 1960s |
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| An open market in downtown Dubai, ca. 1960s |
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| Men reciting prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid in Dubai, ca. 1960s |
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| A camel caravan ambles through Dubai, ca. 1960s |
















