Yep. Indeed.
What is amazing is how you can still see such similar scenes in rural Thailand today.
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Jim Thompson [right front] and author Ethan Emory boating down the border river of Kanchanaburi Province - 1960
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King Chulalongkorn, entourage, and German dignitaries during photo session at the historic Brenner Park Hotel at Baden-Baden, Germany
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Family of the governor of Nakhon Phanom dressed to receive Prince Damrong Rajanupab during his 1906 tour...
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Scene of an elite funeral proceeding of the distinguished [Khmer] Aphaiwongse family, whom bred themselves into the Siamese hierarchy over time. This event, taking place in Mueang Prachinburi, 1894.
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Scene at the Hat Yai Station - circa 1953