Cairo 1966

Someone posted her dad’s slides on Flickr. Look how dapper people are! And how empty the streets…

The one by the pyramids is interesting because it doesn’t look very dated at first. But the building in the background is the old police station, which is no longer used. It’s done in this faux-Pharaonic style, and now when you go to the Pyramids, there are always tourism police lurking around there asking for tips to show you around this “ruin.”

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