Alan Horan Abu Dhabi collection - in pictures

  • Falconers in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Falconers in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Camels carry firewood across Al Maqta causeway in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Camels carry firewood across Al Maqta causeway in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Children playing with balloons outside the ADMA house in Abu Dhabi. Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Children playing with balloons outside the ADMA house in Abu Dhabi. Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • A family of women and young girls from Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, 1960 to 1962. Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    A family of women and young girls from Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, 1960 to 1962. Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • A view of Abu Dhabi showing the various architectural styles including barasti, coral stone and brick dwellings. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    A view of Abu Dhabi showing the various architectural styles including barasti, coral stone and brick dwellings. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Boys beside a traditional barasti compound in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Boys beside a traditional barasti compound in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Jean Horan, wife of Dr Alan Horan, walking through a palm grove in Liwa during the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Jean Horan, wife of Dr Alan Horan, walking through a palm grove in Liwa during the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Another aerial view of Al Maqta causeway, bottom right, that connects Abu Dhabi island to the mainland, and the adjacent creeks. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Another aerial view of Al Maqta causeway, bottom right, that connects Abu Dhabi island to the mainland, and the adjacent creeks. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • An aerial view of what is now the Mina Zayed area of Abu Dhabi island. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    An aerial view of what is now the Mina Zayed area of Abu Dhabi island. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Sheikh Shakhbout, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, descends from a Middle East Airlines flight on his arrival to Abu Dhabi Airport from their trip to London and Paris, July, 1961. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Sheikh Shakhbout, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, descends from a Middle East Airlines flight on his arrival to Abu Dhabi Airport from their trip to London and Paris, July, 1961. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Sir William Luce, the British Political Resident in Bahrain, acknowledging a guard of honour, in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Sir William Luce, the British Political Resident in Bahrain, acknowledging a guard of honour, in Abu Dhabi in the early 1960s. Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Sheikh Sultan bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan with Alan Horan awaiting the arrival of Sheikh Shakhbout, Ruler of Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    Sheikh Sultan bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan with Alan Horan awaiting the arrival of Sheikh Shakhbout, Ruler of Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • Alan Horan in 2019. Photo: © Hussein Lootah
    Alan Horan in 2019. Photo: © Hussein Lootah
  • Alan Horan's Zeiss Contessa camera. Photo: Dr Alan Horan
    Alan Horan's Zeiss Contessa camera. Photo: Dr Alan Horan
  • An abra on Dubai Creek in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    An abra on Dubai Creek in the early 1960s. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
  • A dhow after relaunch on the beach in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives
    A dhow after relaunch on the beach in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Dr Alan Horan © UAE National Library and Archives