Siam, Thailand & Bangkok Old Photo Thread

**HuangLao** · 09-12-2018, 07:30 AM

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**Klondyke** · 10-12-2018, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Not so unusual in Thailand, even nowadays, keeping with the well-proven job description...

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Prince Damrong Rajanubhab presiding over ceremonial activities on the Mekong shore during a 1906 Udon stopover....

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**Majulah Thai** · 23-12-2018, 11:33 PM

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Source: Screenshot of a YouTube video entitled "Holland-America Line World Cruise 1965 Bangkok" at 18 min. 30 sec. Posted by Mackenzie Rough

Three out of the four columns of the bridge can be seen. On top of them is the royal insignia of King Rama V (Chulalongkorn). According to a Bangkok administration officer, one the insignia fell in the water during the dismantlement of the Chaloem Sawan 58 Bridge in 1971. It is not known however whether it has been recovered.
The students on the picture are most likely studying at Thammasat University nearby.

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**HuangLao** · 03-01-2019, 09:09 PM

Government troops and supporters gather to honour their victorious bounty for a conclusive ending of the 1933 Boworadet Rebellion - mostly fought upcountry in the hinterlands.

**HuangLao** · 04-01-2019, 03:31 PM

Scene here in Nong Khai [1897], another inspection tour by trusted advisor Prince Damrong Rajanubhab - in a series of royal goodwill travels that continued from the mid-1890s well into the late Chulalongkorn era.

**HuangLao** · 06-01-2019, 05:20 PM

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**Uncle Ben** · 10-01-2019, 08:41 PM

That is in Germany.

**Uncle Ben** · 10-01-2019, 10:06 PM

Ayutthya February 1910

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1905 Siamese postcard

The old Pattaya Sailing Club - ca. 1970

Another view of King Mongkut's Phra Meru structure - 1868

Midday street meal, 1901 Bangkok

Two of King Chulalongkorn's sons messing about between sessions, Oct 1898

Royal Visitation

High fashionable days along Yotin Pattana Road, Lad Phrao, BKK - circa 1891

State ferry preparation from Chanthaburi to Bangkok - 1907

1885 Bangkok

Students disembarking at the Chaloem Sawan 58 Bridge, Bangkok, in 1965

Period scene of Chinese samlors along Charoen Krung Road, 1893 Bangkok

Mountain road construction of 1912 Loei Province....

1865 BKK closeups

Honouring tamboon during royal visit to Yasothon Province, 1899

1871

Scene leading up the the Ananta Samakhorn Throne Hall dedication, 1916

Aftermath...

Royal Tour of Isaan...

Klong Saen Saeb of 1867 Bangkok...

Traditional Lakorn Player, circa 1865

1860 Bangkok river view

Riverine scene of the British Ambassador's Residence & Complex of 1873 BKK

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