Here is a blog post with links to other collections of old photographs of Kuwait

My father’s cousin-in-law recently posted some photos she took in Kuwait in 1977 on Facebook. I found them so interesting and he asked her for permission for me to repost them here. I particularly like the photo of the men working on the dhow!

These images come from the flickr of Hart Walter:

Ian Caldwell’s photos, courtesy of Mark Makhoul

In 2022, the Dar al Athar Museum had an exhibit about modern architecture in Kuwait. Here are some stills from videos of Kuwait in the 1970s:

These images come from this flickr account and this gallery

Another interesting depiction of Kuwait in the 1970s is a documentary by John Feeney from 1974:

Here are some other older photographs of Kuwait from a publication by the Kuwait Ministry of Information: