Kuwait in pictures circa 1961
I promise this will be the last photography related post for this week but I’ve really been wanting to post this ever since I saw the pictures on Nibaqs blog. Someone Verity Cridland scanned and restored photos they she had taken of Kuwait back in the early 1960’s and then uploaded all the photos onto her flickr account. There are a lot of great pictures there so please check them out. [Pictures]
Thanks Nibaq!
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Mar 5, 2009
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19 Comments, add your own...
1. Momentum | March 5th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
nooo! we love photography :(
2. F.. | March 6th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Great pictures!
3. desertsky | March 6th, 2009 at 8:09 am
One of the photos shows Road Safety Week.If only they’d continue with this campaign considering the way people are driving these days.
4. hamed | March 6th, 2009 at 8:59 am
these are just brilliant. it’s a shame flickr doesn’t have a full screen interface!
5. Bu Yousef | March 6th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I agree with Momentum. No such thing as too many photography posts.
Great collection of some nice photographs. Will be showing them to my father later.
6. desertsky | March 6th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Yes.Lets move on from photography.Mark,please post about computers or some interesting websites next time.
7. kaleedo | March 6th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Some great pictures….but whats up with the gold teeth and gold watches comments in half the pictures, a bit condescending if you ask me.
8. Abdullah | March 6th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
My father is watching this and having a blast, ran to the room and brought many pics from god knows where, reman-icing ;P
i’ll be uploading some pics of that nature soon, i’ll hook you up for sure.
9. Mark | March 6th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
please do!!
10. mentabolism | March 6th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
a blast from the past….superb!!
11. BoBader | March 7th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Beautiful pictures. Thanks.
12. Verity Cridland | March 7th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I am delighted that my mother’s (and my) pictures od Kuwait in 1960 – 63 are proving so interesting.
But please will you put clearly some form of acknowledgement of me? This is usual with Flickr pictures.
I am not “someone” I have a name.
13. Mark | March 7th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Sorry, didn’t know Verity Cridland was a name. Post updated
14. ?!? | March 7th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
It’s blocked in the U.A.E. ! :S
15. Time Machine | March 7th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
How Kuwait has changed! Hard to say for the better or for worse.
16. Verity Cridland | March 11th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Thanks for updating.
Verity is my given name and Cridland is the family name of my husband. I am indeed a real person and was 14 – 16 when I visited Kuwait in 1960s
Verity
17. Mark | March 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Thank u for taking the time to scan and share these shots, they’re beautiful.
18. Verity Cridland | March 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I am sorry that Kaleedo thinks I was being condescending about gold teeth and gold watches.
Until 1960 almost every foreigner arriving in Kuwait was given a gold watch as a present at the airport. I certainly did not mean to offend. At the time I was there it was normal to “show off” your wealth. My father was reprimanded for buying a used car and not a brand new American one.
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