Around two years ago, Google announced that they teamed up with LIFE to put 10,000,000 historic images from the photo archive online. Last night I spent some time searching the archive for images from Saudi Arabia. Here’s some pics that I found:
This picture of Crown Prince — and later King — Faisal was taken in San Francesco, 1945. He was leading the Saudi delegate to the conference to adopt the Charter of the UN.
Taken in 1942, this is a view showing the country 20 miles east of Hofuf, my hometown and where I currently spend most of time.
Former Saudi minister of petroleum Abdullah al-Tariki is seen here at his office in Riyadh. The picture was taken in May 1961.
In the ‘60s, retired American industrialist Thomas W. Kendall and his family took a vacation around the world using their private plane. One of their stops was on the shores of Jeddah.
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Great pics and links. Thanks!
I will share with you my mother’s family’s pictures of Jeddah life in the 50′s and 60′s. I found the album a few weeks back but didn’t have the chance to upload anything.
There’s always some nostalgia in old pics :) nice post!
LOVED the pictures will share’em with the family, THANKS !
Great pics!
I love old picture showing history from a much simpler past.
There was a exhibit on King Faisal here at KFUPM. Loads of pictures!
Some great pictures. King Faisal was a great King who shaped modern Saudi Arabia, May PBUH…
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