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In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain

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In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain

Old is Gold

In the Spirit of National Day, take a look at these old Bahrain photographs demonstrating different people, professions and different locations

1965

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
image via https://intlhistory.blogspot.com/2014/04/bahrain-old-photographs-part-iii.html

Heres a shot of a weaver in the village of Bani Jamra

1968

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
image via https://intlhistory.blogspot.com/2014/04/bahrain-old-photographs-part-iii.html

Take a look at these locals shopping at the Wednesday Market

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
image via https://intlhistory.blogspot.com/2014/04/bahrain-old-photographs-part-iii.html

Here’s a mattress repairman in Al Marq village

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
image via https://intlhistory.blogspot.com/2014/04/bahrain-old-photographs-part-iii.html

Look at the difference between local coffee shops today and back in 1968!

1973

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
image via https://intlhistory.blogspot.com/2014/04/bahrain-old-photographs-part-iii.html

A glimpse of how it looked like at the National Bank of Bahrain during the issuing of new shares

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
image via https://intlhistory.blogspot.com/2014/04/bahrain-old-photographs-part-iii.html

Here is the old fish market in Muharraq

In the Spirit of National Day, Take a Look at These Vintage Photographs of Bahrain
Dmitri Kessel—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

This is how it looked like in the end of the shift at the Bahrain refinery

Classic!

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