Historical Planet
Monday, 18 January 2016
Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt (back right) is shown here in 1933 on board a passenger plane which was supposed to carry her to Chicago, but bad weather forced her to take the train instead
The crew of Imperial Airways liner Heracles at Croydon Aerodrome in 1937 before a flight during which the airliner celebrated completing one million miles in service
This aerial view shows a passenger plane flying over buildings in midtown Manhattan. This was taken after planes started being built from metal rather than wood
Sir Robert Hodgson arrives in Croydon from Paris on an Imperial Airways flight in 1938 - part of the era when air travel changed for good
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
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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