Incredible Dubai: Photos of the UAE before the discovery of oil
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/incredible-dubai-photos-of-the-uae-before-the-discovery-of-oil.htmlToday, 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!
Life in Dubai before finding an oil field.
The camel caravan goes through Dubai. the 1960s.
A man with a hookah sells lemons and dried herbs.
A market in the city center.
Bur Dubai, 1960-e.
Dubai Airport. one thousand nine hundred seventy one
An airport.
Dubai from a bird's-eye view. The 1950s.
The embankment line in the city of Dubai. The 1950s.
Men at prayer during a Muslim holiday in Dubai.
An oil field in Contractual Oman.
One of the bays in Dubai. the 1960s.
The clock tower.
The first Jashanmal store in Dubai. one thousand nine hundred fifty six
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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