Siam, Thailand & Bangkok Old Photo Thread

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A fair market maiden of Mueang Chai Nat, circa 1905

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**thaimeme** · 10-04-2017, 06:06 PM

This original structure [of modern times] was partially destroyed during allied bombing in 1943 and rebuilt in the new design that we know of the CM station today....

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**thaimeme** · 12-04-2017, 07:31 PM

Here, the Gururattanaphan [Chinese-Thai] pose for a family image of 1935 - successfully operating the Yong Seng Musical Instrument shop in the area famously known as, Woeng Nakhon Kasem [Thieves Market], along Charoeng Krung Road....

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**Lancelot** · 15-04-2017, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by thaimeme

A fair market maiden of Mueang Chai Nat, circa 1905

Huba huba! Nice pair

I always chuckle when I see these old photos; Until Dictator/Marsha Plaek Phibunsongkhram went on a modernization program to force the Thais to dress in Western fashion, it was common to see Thais bare breasted. And why not? Its a tropical country for heaven's sake.

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1904 ceremony celebrating the expansion of the ever important Klong Rangsit

The arrival of scientific dignitaries - viewing of 1868 solar eclipse

Jugs of yesteryear...

Tha Tien Royal Pier [of the 3 principle royal river piers], as seen in 1869

Life along Thanon Klong Krachaen, 1956 Mueang Phetchaburi

Scene of activity along Klong Bang Luang Chiengrak of 1900 Rangsit, Pathum Thani

From the Wat Arun grounds of 1882

Contemporary bathing beauties of 1962 Cha-Am Beach...

Close-up: Chulalongkorn era tonsure procession of 1890

Phan Fa Bridge, Ratchadamnoen Nok Road as it was in 1910

Vintage scooters and Mueang Chumphon police, 1966

Durian stall of 1910 Bangkok

Teen of Nonthaburi, circa 1955

Along Silom Road, 1950

The newly completed Chiang Mai train station of 1917

The Tha Tien Royal Pier of 1895 Bangkok

Influential Khon Kaen family of 1899

Daily life along Bangkok's Charoen Sawat Bridge, circa 1950

1946 aerial shot of Ayutthaya's Wat Ratchaburana and environs

The old Thieves Market...

Quite morning near Wat Saket - Soi Damrong Rak/Phanfa Bridge, 1914

Scene of [numerous] Bangkok street markets, circa 1890

An 1893 shot of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew from Sanam Luang

Boys, and transport, of Bangkok Technical College - 1962

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