Dubai Before oil Recovery 17 Amazing Images

Ramesh Shukla decided to take a picture one day of this old man and his donkey who would often take shelter and rest in front of his house in Dubai

 Foreigners in Dubai

 His Highness Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai inspecting the cadets during the graduation ceremony in Dubai.

 Sheikh Shakhbut greets Susan Hillyard and her daughter Deborah in Abu Dhabi in the winter of 1957.

 After the Dubai Creek was dredged in the 1950s, the waterway saw a boom in shipping, and resulting increase in trade, re-exports and cargo handling

 Custom house BP office on upper story copy

 Dubai in the ’50s

Deborah outside Qasr Al Hosn in the 1950s. The building had just undergone a massive expansion whereby a new fort encircled the old.

 Onboard Features fishing. Haji the Nakhoda ( skipper)

 This undated file photo shows the first branch of the Bank of Oman, now called Mashreq, in Deira in the mid-20...

Unloading times of petrol for the Shikh Nov 53 to Jan 54 TADW Hillyard 

Ramesh Shukla, he loves to capture the lives of people. Here is one he took of a young Bedouin boy playing an instrument surrounded by birds

In this picture taken by Ramesh Shukla, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai is seen leading an impressive lineup of camels at a royal wedding in 1970

In this picture clicked by Ramesh Shukla, he takes an aerial shot of the Dubai Creek in the 1960s

An abra ride on the Dubai creek would cost a few annas

How it used be in the old days - Ramesh Shukla's picture of a man carrying barrels of water on his shoulder on a misty morning in Satwa, Dubai

In one of Ramesh Shukla's photographs, the Late Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum is seen inaugurating the Dubai museum in May 1971