Monday 11 January 2016

The tug known as the U.S. Gaton was the first vessel to try out the newly constructed Gatun Locks in the Panama Canal


Mickey Mouse rides in the locomotive cab of a circus train as it arrives at a station in Disneyland in 1955


The area even offered elephant rides, with four tourists perched either side of the large animal, led by a trainer (photo taken in 1905)


An elevated spinning ride at Luna Park, Coney Island in 1904 allowed guests to look out over the park


1970s, Saddar Rawalpindi


In 1963 Construction underway of the Habib Bank Plaza on Karachi’s II Chundrigarh Road.


1963 - Foreigners taking a Rikshaw outside Deans hotel Peshawar.


Old wells on Diriyah Road, April 1980.


Jeddah in 1960's


Hajj Terminal in 1979


Friday 8 January 2016

Friedrich, became a British citizen in 1939, during his travels which included using the new colour process known as Autochrome. Pictured is Otztal, Austria in 1912


Friedrich skied across ice with some friends in Otztal, Austria in 1912, with an incredible snow-capped backdrop


A young Afghan girl looking through the UN cameraman’s equipment in 1970's


One of the most famous features was Luna Park that opened in 1903 and was a fantasy world with live camels and elephants


In the later years of the 19th century, the rough and tumble party spot was even dubbed ‘Sodom by the Sea'


In the midst of revelling, a preacher from the Brookyln City Mission speaks to crowds who have gathered on the beaches (circa 1900)


Photo of Shiprock Peak, Tsé Bit’a’í, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. This Beautiful Photo was taken in 1914.


The first jet-assisted take-off performed in the United States. In this August 1941 test,