Visits of state

His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq and Sheik Ahmed photographing giant cacti in Arizona. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq is shown through one of a series of pumping plants which lift water to higher elevations and keep it flowing in the gravity canals. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

At a cotton-gin plant, his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq is shown samples of the cotton grown on irrigated lands of the Salt River Valley, which was once Arizona desert. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq on the walkway in front of the power stations at Hoover Dam. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

Rodger Davies and his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq at the edge of Hoover Dam with Lake Meade in the background. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

Sheik Ahmed and his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq are shown the Hoover Dam in Nevada, the highest dam in the United States. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq motors through an arid area of southern California through which the All-American Canal was built to deliver irrigation water. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

Sitting in the cockpit of a special Army C-47 plane his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq is taken on a tour to see, from air, some of the irrigated lands of the west. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

His Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq and his Royal Highness Prince Abdul-Ilah, Regent of Iraq, entertain forty Iraqi students attending schools in the United States under the International Educational Exchange Service. Prince Abdul-Ilah is pictured in the front row on the left and King Faisal II is three people to his right. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."

During a visit to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Hollywood his Majesty King Faisal II Al-Hashimi of Iraq is shown a movie set. From photograph album, "Visit of his Majesty the King of Iraq and his Royal Highness the Regent of Iraq to the United States of America, August 12 to September 8, 1952."