Below are vintage photographs of Kuwait during the 1960s, taken from a variety of sources. Here is a blog post with links to other collections of old photographs of Kuwait
Brett Jordan’s parents lived in Kuwait and worked for an American oil company in the early 1960s. He has posted wonderful photos of the country on his flickr, here are just a few:
From an old book listed for sail by Ali Al Rais
The photographs below come from Cecil Images and date between 1966 and 1972. The black and white images come from the 1976 book “Kuwait by Ralph Shaw.
These come from the flickr of Verity Criland and were reposted on this website
These photos come from the flickr of David Riley.
From Getty Images, contributors including Popperfoto, Bettman, the Royal Geographical Society
From this flickr album
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