World trip, on a Maico scooter with sidecar (the red ‘Pechvogel’), made by Wim Dussel and Manfred Uschold from July 1955 to July 1956.
Part of the photo archive Wim Dussel (collection IISH), the collection contains about 10,000 negatives of this trip and slides. Only 36 photographs were previously published in Wim Dussel’s book ‘The world is still around: by scooter across Europe, Asia and North America’. – Amsterdam: C. de Boer jr, 1957.
Here a photo selection from their trip.
Yugoslavia. Washing of willow twigs, 1955Yugoslavia. Spinning woman, 1955Austria. Manfred and the non-starter at Wolfgangsee, 1955Manfred and WIm behind the Pechvogel, 1955Turkey. Man working on the recovery of a fish trap, Pendik, 1955Turkey. Woman sifting grain, 1955Turkey. Man working on a fishing net, Pendik, 1955Iran. Carpet industry in Kerman, Persia, 1955Iran. Carpet industry in Kerman, Persia, 1955Iran. Carpet industry in Kerman, Persia, 1955Iran. Carpet industry in Kerman, Persia, 1955Iran. Man working on tiles, Isfahan, Persia, November 1955Iran. On the road in Persia, 1955Iran. On the road in Persia, 1955Iran. In the train from Persia to Pakistan, 1955Pakistan. In front of the great mosque of Lahore, 1955Pakistan. Restoration work at the great mosque of Lahore, 1955India. Bracelet production, Firozabad, 1955India. Brass shop, Gwalior, 1955India. Children in front of the temple of Gwalior, 1955India. Construction workers of a temple, Dayal Bagh (near Agra), 1955India. Man and his cows, 1955India. Men at the Qutab Minar, Mehrauli, 1955India. Pilgrim, 1955India. At a street market in Calcutta, 1955-1956India. Beggars in Calcutta, 1955-1956India. Calcutta, 1955-1956India. In the river, Calcutta, 1955-1956India. Murals in Calcutta, 1955-1956Japan. Japanese girl, 1956Japan. Japanese woman, 1956Japan. Japanese women, 1956Japan. Mother with child, 1956Korea. Children playing, 1956Thailand. At a Thai market, 1956Thailand. Rattan braids, Bangkok, 1956Thailand. Tram driver, tram with Coca-Cola advertisement, Bangkok, 1956Thailand. On the way from Thailand to Hong Kong, 1956Hong Kong. Children live on a ship, 1956USA. Casey Jr. Circus Special train in Storybook Land, Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 1956USA. Casey Jr. Circus Special train in Storybook Land, Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 1956USA. Continental divide, watershed at the Monarch pass, Colorado, 1956USA. Giant Indian arrow, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1956USA. Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1956USA. Parking lot, Detroit, 1956USA. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, 1956USA. Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California, 1956USA. Wim Dussel, California, 1956
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