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Monday, 11 January 2016

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


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1963 - Foreigners taking a Rikshaw outside Deans hotel Peshawar.


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Old wells on Diriyah Road, April 1980.


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Jeddah in 1960's


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Hajj Terminal in 1979


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Saturday, 9 January 2016

A group of tourists in Oberammergau waiting to go skiing in Bavaria. In 1928, skiing attire looked nothing like the uniforms of today


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The glamorous R-100, which held 100 passengers, moored in Cardington, England on December 16, 1929


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Visitors riding the Loop the Loop ride in 1903 while onlookers observe. A sign warning of pickpockets can be see by the barrier


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Riders compete in a game of Wild West Polo at the Coney Island fairgrounds while crowds observe (circa 1900)


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Guests could watch circus shows in Luna Park with sideshows involving sword-swallowers and snake charmers


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As darkness fell the buildings were lit up against the sky for night time revellers to enjoy the last of the day's activities


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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


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


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


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


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