Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 1999
The Scottsdale Princess Resort Hotel in Arizona, site of the 1994 Reunion, welcomed Aramcons for a gala return visit in September 1998.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah – Fall 1998
The historic photograph on the cover shows King 'Abd Al-'Aziz (looking up, center) with Floyd Ohliger (in Ghutra) and driller "Doc" Whitney (in hat) at Abu Hadriya Well No. 1, during the King's visit to Aramco facilities in 1939. Crown Prince (later King) Sa'ud and two young princes are at left. Photo from the Don McLeod Collection.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah – Summer 1998
Traveling with Aramco pioneer Max Steineke in northern Arabia during the 1936 exploration season, geologist J.W. "Soak" Hoover took this photograph, identified in his notes as "Shammar tribesmen summering at Umm er-Radhuma Wells, May 4, 1936."
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1997
Annuitant Dorothy Miller photographed the slipface of a dune deep in shadow cast by a setting sun. Early Aramco geologists marveled at Arabia's desert landscapes.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Summer 1997
Nomadic Aramco annuitants found a cool oasis in the garden lobby of the Hyatt Orlando Hotel.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1996
In the early 1940s the late Clark Cypher worked at Aramco's Jiddah office, shown in this photo from geologist Max Steineke's collection.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Summer 1996
The Bedouin and his falcon, photographed in the Rub 'al-Khali in 1967 by the late Brainerd Bates, is from the collection on annuitant Lois Wolfrum.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1995
Donkeys trudging back and forth on inclined ramps to lift water into irrigation channels were a common sight in the oases of the Eastern Province 50 years ago.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 1995
An oasis reunion, stately palms and cooling waters.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1994
Backed by his royal guards as he surveys the scene at the Dhahran Tennis Court on January 25, 1947, King 'Abd al-'Aziz is flanked by Aramco executive James MacPherson (left), by T.V. Stapleton and American Consul Waldo Bailey (right).
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 1994
As intrepid Aramco travelers know, nearly every town in the Kingdom worth the name has a gold suq worth a visit. The salesboy in Riyadh was photographed by Dorothy Miller in 1975.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1993
I remember how strange Ras Tanura looked the first year green trees began to poke above the roofs all over town, throwing circles of shade onto the ground and softening the skyline.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Summer 1993
Lester Hilyard worked in Saudi Arabia from 1937 to 1945. After a very brief stint in Venezuela - and 26 years of service with Standard of California - he look early retirement in February 1947.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 1993
The Eighteenth Aramco Annuitants Reunion was held September 2 - 4 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, in the Pinehurst Hotel, now approaching its 90th year.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1992
Since annuitant Dorothy Miller returned to the U.S. in 1977, she has averaged about four hours a day, three days a week, in her photo lab.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Spring 1992
Mary Norton tells how artist Lenore DePree drew on Persian miniature art to paint her stylized scenes of life in Arabia - and the patchwork fields and hills of Appalachia.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1991
"The shopkeeper lifted the lid of the chest and motioned for me to sniff; I dove into its depths and sniffed."
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Summer 1991
Mirage in the desert. In Las Vegas, a tropical garden and cascading water greet guests in the atrium of The Mirage.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Fall 1990
The most logical place to find Wilma and Barton Haggard would be somewhere on the Mediterranean coast, surrounded by fun, sun and multilingual banter.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah - Special 1988
Clockwise from top left, Roger Ward, Floyd McGinnis; Cy Koryus; Jim Stroud, Carolyn Layton; Clinton Hern; Irene Hendrick.