I've put this in the general forum so that more people can see it. This is a collection of old photos of the Hijaz region, which is in modern day Saudi Arabia.

Jeddah

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-073.jpg
1917 - French consulate (building with the flag), and part of the sea wall

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-074.jpg
1917 - Part of the city seen from the east.

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-075.jpg
1917 - Medina gate (northern city gate)

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-076.jpg
1917 - Jeddah cityscape as seen from roof of French consulate

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-077.jpg
1917 - street scene

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-078.jpg
1917 - Government house

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-079.jpg
1917 - guest house

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-080.jpg
1917 - Iranian consulate

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-081.jpg
1917 - front of the French consulate

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-082.jpg
1917 - British consulate

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-083.jpg
1917 - Private house

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2007/os/os-084.jpg
1917 - street scene

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-027.jpg
1906 - Pilgrims arriving by boat

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-028.jpg
1906 - Mecca gate (south eastern gate), as seen from inside

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-029.jpg
1890 - street scene

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-030.jpg
1928 - street scene

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-031.jpg
1917 - A market in Jeddah

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-032.jpg
1916 - street scene

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-033.jpg
1917 - Mecca Gate

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-034.jpg
1935 - Desalination plant, built by the Ottomans turn of the century

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-035.jpg
1940 - Boat pier at the new port

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-036.jpg
1940 - workers unloading bags of sugar, new Jeddah port

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-037.jpg
1940 - pilgrims queuing in front of the quarantine building

http://www.lovely0smile.com/2006/os/os-038.jpg
1940 - "Baghdadi house", housed offices of an American oil company

more cities to follow...

I can't see the pics :s

i cant see them either!

could you please fix them?

cant see them either

same....

^^ I can see all of them & waiting for more.

i just can see 7 of theme!!!! by the way how can you Tonnerre only one seen theme all?

^^ I don't know why or how but I can see all of them & they are stunning.

Maybe it has something to do with the browser. I use IE7

hmmm strage!!!about me Firefox 1.5.0.12 Mac Version!

not visible here in Pakistan as well.

here you go you should able to see these enjoy.

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http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2608/os-080.jpg

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wELL I CAN SEE All of them.....

very nice

1938
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9131/jeddah1938jk3.jpg

Very interesting architecture, are there any buildings that survived?

Most of them survived didn't they? Infact I think Old Riyadh has been refurbished and is now a Museum can anyone verify?

Quite a transformation from what the city used to be to what it is today!

Also, reminds me that those little Kids playing in the street in 1917 have probably completed their time on this world and reached their final destination!

valuable pixxx for sure

rare photos for jeedah,i don't know when the pictures taken,maybe in 40's or 50's
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nice

جدة ايام الدولة العثمانية
لووووول
الحجاز من اكتر المناطق اللي تتحارب عليه الدول لضم الحجاز
من زمان جدة غير
خسارة هدمو السور
و ما اهتمو بجدة التاريخية

جدة مدينة عريقة ولها تاريخ وسابقة للحضارة

جدة ايام الدولة العثمانية
لووووول
الحجاز من اكتر المناطق اللي تتحارب عليه الدول لضم الحجاز
من زمان جدة غير
خسارة هدمو السور
و ما اهتمو بجدة التاريخية

جدة التاريخية نالت من الاهتمام ما لم ينله أي حي تاريخي آخر في المملكة
ولو ترك الخيار لبعض التجار في جدة لهدمت بالكامل لاستثمارها تجارياً
ويكفي أن جدة التاريخية ما زالت قائمة ولو جزئياً لكن أين ذهبت مكة القديمة والمدينة والرياض والطائف والهفوف هذه كلها دمرت
Old Jeddah is scheduled to be considered for World Heritage Site status in UNESCO's next meeting.

^^ Cool, so we're gonna be having three world heritage sites by then. :)

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1484/wmjj8eqd5.jpg

^^ Ah it's been a while since we've seen a picture of westerners back in the days when they were more "free".
Nice one Yaghuth :)

Kingdom of Hejaz period till 1932

Population: 850,000 (1920 est.)
Currency: Pounds (GBP) (1916-1925)
Capital: Mecca

Kingdom of Hijaz's Flags

to 10 Jun 1916
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10 Jun 1916 - 30 May 1917 (provisional)
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30 May 1917 - 1920
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1920 - 18 Jan 1926
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/hejaz922.gif

18 Jan 1926 - 22 Sep 1932
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/sa_hijaz1926.gif

Map
http://www.terra.es/personal7/jqvaraderey/190523ar.gif

1201 Hashimite dynasty beings rule.
1258 Part of Mameluke Sultanate of Egypt.
Aug 1517 Part of the Ottoman Empire.
1819 - 1840 Egyptian occupation.
10 Jun 1916 Hejazi Kingdom (independence from Ottoman Empire declared).
19 Oct 1916 Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi proclaims the independence
of all the Arabs from the Ottoman Empire.
10 Aug 1920 Turkey recognizes independence by Treaty of Sèvres (confirmed
24 Jul 1923 by Treaty of Lausanne).
5 Sep 1924 Nejd occupation of Taif.
13 Oct 1924 Nejd occupation of Mecca.
5 Dec 1925 Nejd occupation of Medina.
19 Dec 1925 Sharif Ali abdicate his throne.
19 Dec 1925 Hejaz occupied by Nejd.
23 Dec 1925 Nejd occupation of Jidda.
8 Jan 1926 Annexed (de facto) by Nejd.
20 Nov 1930 Asir incorporated into Hejaz.
22 Sep 1932 Hejaz and Nejd united as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ottoman Walis (governors)
1517 - 1819 ....
1819 - 1840 .... -Egyptian governors
Jan 1841 - Jan 1846 Osman Pasha (d. 1846)
Jan 1846 - Sep 1848 Mehmed Sherif Pasha (d. 1851)
Sep 1848 - May 1850 Mehmed Hasib Pasha
May 1850 - Jul 1852 Agha Abdulaziz Pasha (d. 1855)
Jul 1852 - Jan 1855 Ahmed Izzet Pasha
Jan 1855 - May 1856 Mühendis Mehmed Kamil Pasha
May 1856 - Jul 1857 Kürt Mahmud Pasha
Jul 1857 - Nov 1858 Konyali Mehemd Namik Pasha (b. 1804 - d. 1892)
Dec 1858 - Oct 1861 Haci Kutuhyali Ali Pasha
Oct 1861 - Sep 1864 Ahmed Izzet Pasha
Sep 1864 - Aug 1867 Mehmed Vecihi Pasha
Aug 1867 - Aug 1870 Mehmed Muammer Pasha
Aug 1870 - Aug 1872 Mehmed Hurschid Pasha
Aug 1872 - Jul 1874 Mehmed Reshid Pasha
Jul 1874 - Oct 1874 Mehmed Rüshdü Pasha (b. 1824 - d. 1874)
Oct 1874 - Oct 1877 Mehmed Takiyeddin Pasha
Oct 1877 - Jun 1879 Mehmed Halet Pasha (d. 1879)
Jun 1879 - Mar 1880 Rashid Nashid Pasha
Mar 1880 - Mar 1881 Safvet Pasha (1st time) (d. 1895)
Aug 1882 - Jul 1886 Topal Osman Nuri Pasha (1st time)
Dec 1886 - Apr 1887 Huseyin Cemil Pasha
Apr 1887 - Mar 1890 Safvet Pasha (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mar 1890 - Jun 1892 Ismail Hakki Pasha
Jun 1892 - Nov 1892 Topal Osman Nuri Pasha (2nd time)
Dec 1892 - Jun 1894 Ahmed Ratip Pasha (1st time)
Jun 1894 - Jun 1895 Hasan Hilmi Pasha
Jun 1895 - Aug 1908 Ahmed Ratip Pasha (2nd time)
Sep 1908 - May 1909 Alpan Kazim Pasha
May 1909 - Feb 1911 Mehemd Emin Pasha
Feb 1911 - Nov 1911 Ebubekir Azim Bey
Nov 1911 - Jan 1912 Halil Bey
Jan 1912 - Sep 1912 Mustafa Zihni Pasha
Sep 1912 - May 1913 Ahmed Reshid Pasha
May 1913 - Jan 1914 Ahmed Nedim Pasha
Jan 1914 - Feb 1915 Vehib Bey
Feb 1915 - Sep 1916 Pasiner Galib Pasha
Grand Sharifs of Mecca (to Oct 1629 Sharifs of Mecca)
Aug 1455 - 1497 Malik ul-Adil Muhammad (III) ibn (d. 1497)
Barakat
Sep 1497 - Sep 1525 Barakat (II) ibn Muhammad (b. 1456 - d. 1525)
Sep 1525 - Feb 1583 Muhammad Abu Numay (II) Nazim (b. 1505 - d. 1583)
ud-din ibn Barakat
Feb 1583 - Dec 1601 Al-Hasan (III) ibn Muhammad Abu (b. 1524 - d. 1601)
Numay
Dec 1601 - 1610 Idris (II) Abu 'Aun ibn Hasan (b. 1566 - d. 1624)
1610 - May 1628 Muhsin (I) ibn Hussein (b. 1557 - d. 1692)
May 1628 - Oct 1629 Ahmad ibn Abu Talib al-Hasan
Oct 1629 - Nov 1630 Masud (I) ibn Idris (d. 1630)
Nov 1630 - Sep 1631 Abdullah (I) ibn Hasan
1631 - Jul 1666 Zeid ibn Muhsin (b. 1607 - d. 1666)
Jul 1666 - Apr 1672 Saad ibn Zeid (1st time) (b. 1647 - d. 1709)
- jointly with following 3 -
1669 - 1671 Ahmad ibn Zeid (1st time) (d. 1688)
1667 - 1668 Muhsin ibn Ahmad (1st time)
Jun 1670 - Nov 1670 Hamud ibn Abdullah ibn Hasan (d. 1674)
Apr 1672 - Apr 1682 Barakat (III) ibn Muhammad (d. 1687)
1682 Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
1682 - 1683 Said (I) ibn Barakat
1684 - 1688 Ahmad ibn Zeid (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Jan 1688 - Apr 1690 Ahmad ibn Ghalib (d. 1701)
1689 - Apr 1690 Muhsin ibn Ahmad (2nd time)
Apr 1690 - Oct 1691 Muhsin (II) ibn Hussein (d. 1695)
Oct 1691 - 1694 Said (II) ibn Saad (1st time) (b. 1674 - d. 1717)
13 Mar 1693 - Aug 1694 Saad ibn Zeid (2nd time) (s.a.)
Aug 1694 - Dec 1694 Abdullah (II) ibn Hashim (d. 1701)
Dec 1694 - Mar 1702 Saad ibn Zeid (3rd time) (s.a.)
Mar 1702 - Jul 1704 Said (II) ibn Saad (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1704 Abdul Muhsin ibn Ahmad (b. 16.. - d. 1718)
Jul 1704 - Feb 1705 Abdul Karim ibn Muhammad (b. 16.. - d. 1719)
(1st time)
Mar 1705 - Nov 1705 Said (II) ibn Saad (3rd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1705 - Dec 1711 Abdul Karim ibn Muhammad (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Dec 1711 - Jan 1717 Said (II) ibn Saad (4th time) (s.a.)
Jan 1717 - Apr 1718 Abdullah (III) ibn Said (1st time) (d. 1775)
Apr 1718 - Nov 1718 Ali ibn Said
1718 - 1719 Yahya (I) ibn Barakat
May 1720 - Sep 1722 Mubarak ibn Ahmad (1st time) (d. 1727)
Sep 1722 - Oct 1723 Barakat ibn Yahya
Oct 1723 - Mar 1724 Mubarak ibn Ahmad (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mar 1724 - May 1731 Abdullah (III) ibn Said (2nd time) (s.a.)
May 1731 - Nov 1732 Muhammad ibn Abdullah (1st time) (b. 1715 - d. 1756)
Nov 1732 - Jan 1733 Masud ibn Said (1st time) (d. 1752)
Feb 1733 - 1734 Muhammad ibn Abdullah (2nd time) (s.a.)
1734 - 18 Feb 1752 Masud ibn Said (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Feb 1752 - 24 Aug 1759 Masaad ibn Said (II)(1st time) (d. 1770)
24 Aug 1759 - Jan 1760 Jaafar ibn Said (d. 1764)
Jan 1760 - 23 May 1770 Masaad ibn Said (II)(2nd time) (s.a.)
23 May 1770 - 12 Jul 1770 Ahmad ibn Said (d. 1781)
12 Jul 1770 - 5 Feb 1773 Abdullah (IV) ibn Hussein (d. 1788)
5 Feb 1773 - 21 Jan 1788 Surur ibn Masaad (b. 1744 - d. 1788)
21 Jan 1788 - 31 Jan 1788 Abdul Muin ibn Masaad (b. 1747 - d. 1803)
31 Jan 1788 - Mar 1803 Ghalib ibn Masaad (b. 1750 - d. 1817)
Emirs and Grand Sharifs of Mecca
Jul 1803 - Aug 1827 Yahya (II) ibn Surur (d. 1838)
Aug 1827 - Sep 1827 Abdul Mutalib ibn Ghalib (b. 1790 - d. 1886)
(1st time)
Sep 1827 - 1836 Muhammad ibn Abdul Muin (1st time) (b. 1767 - d. 1858)
(1st time)
1836 - 1840 Vacant
1840 - Jul 1851 Muhammad ibn Abdul Muin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1851 - 6 Jan 1856 Abdul Mutalib ibn Ghalib (s.a.)
(2nd time)
6 Jan 1856 - 28 Mar 1858 Muhammad ibn Abdul Muin (3rd time) (s.a.)
1 May 1858 - 4 Jun 1877 Abdullah Kamil Pasha ibn Muhammad (b. 1823 - d. 1909)
11 Jul 1877 - 14 Mar 1880 Hussein ibn Muhammad (b. 1841 - d. 1880)
Jun 1880 - 17 Aug 1882 Abdul Mutalib ibn Ghalib (s.a.)
(3rd time)
30 Aug 1882 - 17 Jul 1905 Aun ar-Rafiq Pasha ibn Muhammad (b. 1843 - d. 1905)
14 Oct 1905 - 29 Oct 1908 Ali Pasha ibn Abdullah (b. 1859 - d. af.1932)
29 Oct 1908 - 10 Jun 1916 Hussein Pasha ibn Ali (b. 1856 - d. 1931)
1 Jun 1916 - Mar 1917 Ali Haidar Pasha (in Medina) (b. 1866 - d. 1935)
(Ottoman designee; in opposition to Hussein)
Kings¹
10 Jun 1916 - 3 Oct 1924 Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi (s.a.)
(assumes title of Caliph 11 Mar 1924)
3 Oct 1924 - 19 Dec 1925 Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi (b. 1879 - d. 1935)
8 Jan 1926 - 22 Sep 1932 Abdul Aziz (b. 1880 - d. 1953)

Grand Vizier
10 Jun 1916 - 3 Oct 1924 Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi (s.a.)

¹Full styles of the ruler:
(a) on 10 Jun 1916: the Grand Sharif assumed title of king,
from 29 Oct 1916 "King of the Arabs and Commander of the Faithful;
from 6 Nov 1916: recognized by the allied powers only as 'King of the Hejaz, Commander of the Faithful, Grand Sharif and Emir of Mecca'; assumes title of Caliph 11 Mar 1924 - 3 Oct 1924; from 3 Oct 1924: 'King of the Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca';
(b) from 29 Jan 1927: Malik al-Hijaz wa Najd wa Mulhaqatahu ("King of the Hejaz, the Nejd and Dependencies").

Source (http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saudi_Arabia.htm)