The historical heart of the city ‘Bur Dubai’, translated as ‘mainland Dubai’, as development was just beginning Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

The Clocktower roundabout in Deira Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

Shows on the city creek which was once the center of Dubai’s pearl trade Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

An open-market in downtown Dubai Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

A camel caravan passing through the desert Image source www.dailymail.co.uk

The Odin Stone (right) and the Watch Stone in Scotland

An old postcard of the Wawona Tree from 1956

A postcard of the Hercules tree in the Mountain Home Grove, from 1902

A man standing under the enormous tunnel in 1890

Locomotive 13, purchased new in 1886 from the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works

Golden Gate Bridge. Construction commenced on January 5, 1933, and the bridge was open to vehicular traffic on May 28, 1937.

Group of fire fighters pose with N.C. Forest Service pickup truck in front of an agricultural field with smoky woods behind it. Men have water packs, pitchforks and other hand tools

For much of the First World War, the small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines in 1916

First class passengers could purchase books and other items from on-board shops such as WH Smith & Son

Engineers working on one of the massive propeller shafts as the Queen Mary was prepared for transatlantic service in March 1935