Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Categories: Asia | History

Today, Dubai is a huge metropolis with skyscrapers, which looks more futuristic than any other city on earth. But in 1833, when Dubai was founded, the settlement numbered only 800 people who were engaged in fishing and pearl fishing. Sometimes Bedouins came here and occupied simple huts made of palm trees. 

The photos in our review show the life of this wonderful city in the 1950s and 60s, just before the discovery of an oil field. Just a few decades ago – but such an amazing difference!

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Life in Dubai before finding an oil field.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

The camel caravan goes through Dubai. the 1960s.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

A man with a hookah sells lemons and dried herbs.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

A market in the city center.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Bur Dubai, 1960-e.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Dubai Airport. one thousand nine hundred seventy one

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

An airport.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Dubai from a bird's-eye view. The 1950s.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

The embankment line in the city of Dubai. The 1950s.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

Men at prayer during a Muslim holiday in Dubai.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

An oil field in Contractual Oman.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

One of the bays in Dubai. the 1960s.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

The clock tower.

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

The first Jashanmal store in Dubai. one thousand nine hundred fifty six

Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil

The first plane to land on the new runway at Dubai Airport was a Comet from Middle East Airlines in 1965.

Water supply in Dubai. the 1960s.

Keywords: Asia | History | UAE | 60s | Dubai | 50s

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