Saudi Arabia: King Saud's visit to the United States, 1957, a collection of photographs
£3,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
50 monochrome press and wire photographs, mostly c.18 x 23cm, showing the visit to the US and the subsequent summit in Cairo, from the Associated Press (AP), Keystone, Sun Papers and United Press (UP), the majority showing King Saud as well as Prince Mashur, with other subjects including President Eisenhower, Vice President and Mrs Nixon, Secretary of State and Mrs Dulles, Defence Secretary Charles Wilson, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Radford, Governor McKeldin, Major General Leonard Heaton (Eisenhower's surgeon), US Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Dag Hammarskjold, President Nasser, King Hussein, and Shukri El Kuwatly; Time Magazine January 28, 1957 with King Saud on the cover; Souvenir Brochure King Saud Visits the United States. [US Government, 1957] (3)
Footnote
Note: In January and February 1957, King Saud of Saudi Arabia made a state visit to the United States of America at the invitation of President Eisenhower, with the objective of discussing the Suez crisis.