These selected photographs from the collection of the late John C. Tarvin, a longtime Aramco employee, were taken by the photographer Robert Yarnall Richie on assignment for Aramco in 1947.

H.M. King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud

The King with his sons

The King & the Crown Prince Saud

Dhahran	Abqaiq	Ras Tanura
Hofuf	Al Hasa, Hofuf	Riyadh
Jubail	Ras al Mish'ab	Building Tapline
H.E. Rushdie Bey	Traditional Blacksmith	Blacksmithing in 1947
Ras Tanura	Donkeys in Al Hasa	Well in Al Hasa
Dammam	Jeddah	Hofuf