Saudi Arabia.

Folio (355 x 280mm.), 122 silver prints (ranging from 100 x 127mm. to 192 x 245mm.), some Aramco personnel are identified on the mount in ink, preserved in a contemporary cloth ring-binder folder, hinges repaired

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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

A fine collection of photographs, including images by Aramco photographers Floyd Ohliger and Ilo "The Pirate" Battigelli, compiled by an employee of Saudi Aramco in the 1950s, documenting the expansion and growth of buildings and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, especially in relation to Aramco and the oil industry, including ships, trucks, oil derricks, aeroplanes and new housing developments. The photographs also include images of the Saudi royal family, including HM King Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud (d.1953) and HRH Crown Prince Saud and the king of Bahrain, together with views of the desert and industry in and around Dammam, Dhahran, Udhailiyah (built 1956), Jeddah and Hofuf. Also showing Aramco managers at work and at leisure and scenes of local life including fishermen and bedouin with camels, with a number of aerial photographs.