Aramco | 24 publicity photographs plus Annual Report in English and Arabic, with pamphlet 'Tapline Operations', 1958

Aramco

24 separately issued publicity photographs with captions, plus 1958 Annual Report in English and Arabic, with foldout pamphlet entitled 'Tapline Operations', 1952-58

Photographs of varying sizes between (from 254 x 205 mm. to 285 x 201 mm.), captioned with Aramco archive number in brackets, showing workers operating on the oil rigs, birds eye views of landscapes, and everyday Arabian society, two photographs slightly soiled along one edge[with]

Aramco. Annual Report, 1958

4to (278 x 208 mm.), text in English and Arabic, many photographic illustrations in the text, some in colour, red card, rubbing to extremities

[with]

Tapline Operations, 1952-58

Bifolium (338 x 265mm.), dated September 1952, photographic illustrations, water stain to cover, some soiling

Collection of photographs and promotional texts covering the operations of Aramco during the 1950s, including the Annual Report of the year 1958, within which Aramco's crude oil production first surpassed one million barrels in a calendar year.

The separately issued publicity photographs demonstrate Aramco's engagement with the local population, including outreach and environmental work. They exhibit workers within the oil rigs as well as snapshots of wider Arabian society, complete with illustrative promotional captions.