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Isabelle Mansfield visits K&J Osgood in Abu Dhabi in 1974/75

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Abu Dhabi from air 
 
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Jon/Kath
Dec 24, 1974 
 
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Two Mrs. Osgoods
Dec. 24, 1974
The panel on the wall is cotton. 
 
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Dec. 24 1974
Dressed to go to the American ambassador's residence, 5pm.
Taken in the dining-room.
Good picture of Bandit!
Jon took this. 
 
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Evening, with neighbor
December 24, 1974
Living room. Balcony at my right. I'm drinking coffee! Lady is Panamanian, apartment is furnished. They have added lamps, brass tray on wall, etc. 
 
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See my coffee tray?
Kathy passing Christmas cookies. Christmas tree with presents in background.
Living room cylinder is a lamp shade.
Living room with Truslove family
Christmas eve, 1974
John, Helen
Jon, Kath 
 
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Christmas, 1974
Kitchen getting dinner in.
Jon making potatoes. 
 
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My favorite of Jon, Kath a little dubious about the gravy.
Carving the Christmas turkey, 1974
Abu Dhabi 
 
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Christmas dinner, 1974
Small crèche on buffet.
Front door just out of sight. Kitchen through opening between Osgoods. 
 
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Christmas dinner, 1974
Abu Dhabi
The window faces on a large air shaft, is opposite the buffet.
Bathroom and two bedrooms off to my right - left of picture. 
 
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Entrance to Osgood apartment building. All such buildings have shops on first floor.
Now closed for Festival of Eid. 
 
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Osgoods waving from their balcony 
 
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Jon and Kath with their VW outside the apartment. See the license. My bag beside Jon. 
 
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Their car in foreground
Jon, Kath .... the first floor.
Tried to catch the natives in their "nightgowns" - Jon's word. 
 
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See the Star Trek coloring book?
Stockings hung on bookshelf, Christmas Eve, 1974
Living room wall, opposite balcony.
Opening cut by Jon into kitchen. 
 
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Scene, including Gulf, from Osgood balcony, Abu Dhabi 
 
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Worshippers praying at Mosque, dawn, Dec 25th
Abu Dhabi
Taken from Osgood balcony
See the little lights in the minaret? 
 
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Jon and Kath at the beach, Dec. 27, 1974
Don't know why this is so dark. She's lying on a towel.
Yes, that is Jon. 
 
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On the beach, Arabian Gulf, Dec 26, 1974 
 
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Me in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 27, 1974 
 
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Kath's school room behind them. 
 
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Note sandy "playground"

School grounds - Abu Dhabi - U-shaped arrangement of trailers. Jon at far left - almost out of picture, coming out of Kath's "room". 
 
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Souq - Abu Dhabi (Bazaar)
JOn/Kath squatting in center looking at merchandise. 
 
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Souq - Abu Dhabi, Dec. 26, 1974
No women in sight, only men, a few children 
 
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In an inside store, Souq, Abu Dhabi
Dec. 26, 1974 
 
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Pretending to be the pilot. Note footholes. No co-pilots. 
 
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Note size of helicopter - Cargo below, Pilot above 
 
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Pilot with his ship. 
 
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Bristow Helicopters 
 
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Jon's eye view of Abu Dhabi 
 
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Street scene, Abu Dhabi 
 
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Great Mosque, Abu Dhabi
(where the Sheik worships) 
 
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Mosque in Abu Dhabi 
 
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Abu Dhabi
Airport, from a distance, taken from car 
 
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Abu Dhabi
Img.... road, palm trees, on way to airport
Very few trees any where. 
 
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Sunset over the Gulf.
Abu Dhabi 
 
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At the airport, Abu Dhabi
Dec 29, 1974
Only place I saw flowers cultivated. If you look closely, you can see hoses on the ground. 
 
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Ready to leave - airport building behind me.
Dec. 29, 1974