Saudi Arabian Political History Arab Summit Conference Press Photograph Circa 1970s

Saudi Arabia Arab Conference Middle East

Photograph

Baltimore Sun photographic archive. Press wirephoto of the King of Saudi Arabia at an Arab summit conference, circa 1970s, documenting the participation of the Saudi monarchy in high-level inter-Arab diplomacy during a decade shaped by the Arab-Israeli conflict, the 1973 war, oil politics, and negotiations among Arab governments over regional policy. The supplied description does not identify the monarch, exact summit, or specific date, and these details cannot be established from the available information.

Original black-and-white press wirephoto measuring approximately 8.3 x 9.1 inches, from the historical photographic archive of The Baltimore Sun. The image shows the Saudi king attending an Arab summit conference and was produced for rapid newspaper distribution. Wirephotos were transmitted electronically over telecommunications networks and printed at the receiving newspaper office, allowing international political photographs to reach editorial desks within the short publication schedules of daily newspapers. The print therefore preserves both the summit image and the physical form in which such photographs circulated through twentieth-century press organizations.

Photographs of Arab summit meetings supplied American newspapers with visual records of political leaders whose decisions affected war, diplomacy, petroleum policy, and relations with the United States and Europe. This example remained in The Baltimore Sun’s working photographic archive and retains a watermark. No additional condition defects are stated in the supplied description.

Item #14446

Price: $75.00