Siam, Thailand & Bangkok Old Photo Thread

**Iceman123** · 07-03-2015, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by thaimeme

Is it possible that this is circa 1973 with the flared pants?

**misskit** · 07-03-2015, 05:56 PM

^Can be. Flared pants went from the 60s into the 70s.

**CalEden** · 08-03-2015, 01:52 AM

We started wearing bell bottoms in 1968/69, old war surplus Navy bell bottoms.

**BaitongBoy** · 08-03-2015, 03:13 AM

I'm sure he was just trolling the thread...Won't be the last time...

Keep up the good work, thaimeme...

**thaimeme** · 08-03-2015, 08:22 AM

...Crown Prince, Maha Vajirunhis partakes of the traditional tonsure ceremony, 1890.

**thaimeme** · 08-03-2015, 08:23 AM

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**thaimeme** · 09-03-2015, 07:05 AM

Phrai Khuesamanchon [common native people] of Amphoe Ban Nok, Uttaradit Province, 1912

**thaimeme** · 09-03-2015, 07:07 AM

**thaimeme** · 09-03-2015, 07:10 AM

Close up shot of the 1861 Phra Meru of Queen Debsirindra and subsequent cremation tamboon.

**thaimeme** · 09-03-2015, 07:20 AM

The first in a series of manipulated negotiations that ultimately led to the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 - the scene in The Sultanate [today's Malaysian state] of Kedah.

**thaimeme** · 10-03-2015, 07:30 PM

**thaimeme** · 10-03-2015, 07:35 PM

King Chulalongkorn receives Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand during state visit of 1908...

**thaimeme** · 11-03-2015, 08:09 AM

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**thaimeme** · 11-03-2015, 08:13 AM

**thaimeme** · 11-03-2015, 08:16 AM

Chulalongkorn and family come ashore on the Chao Phraya of Ayutthaya Province during a day outing - 1902

**thaimeme** · 12-03-2015, 08:07 AM

**thaimeme** · 12-03-2015, 08:12 AM

No longer relevant as they once were, a long-distance river ferry works it's regular schedule from Ayutthaya to Bangkok - up and down the Chao Phraya and major navigable tributaries - seen here in 1955. Alternative to driving, coach, train, etc.

**thaimeme** · 12-03-2015, 08:14 AM

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Four years after his royal investiture....

King Chulalongkorn's Cabinet Ministers, as seen here in 1895

Continuing to add at Wat Phra Kaew, 1867

Hairdresser of 1937 Tambon Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi Province

Mountain folk...

Scene directly across the river from Wat Arun - 1897

Chulalongkorn's Mother...

Initial talks....1897

Don Mueang Airport underwater during the great floods of 1942

Diplomatic relations...

King Chulalongkorn & Queen Saovabha upon their world tour return, 1897

Serence east gate of the Sanam Luang grounds of 1865

Bangkok's Midwifery & Nursing Association, 1930

Getaway...

Bygone era of long-distance river travel...

1900 Ayutthaya...

Rising waters of the Mekong at Wat Phra That Phanom, 1896 Nakhon Phanom

River working craft of the time, off Loei Province 1934

1962 - HM King Bhumibol with Crown Prince Valiralongkorn

Along Silom Road of April of 1968

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