Siam, Thailand & Bangkok Old Photo Thread

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Who's she?...

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Fon Tanasuthorn


Well known Thai singer largely respected for her unique contemporary Luk Thung style.

Still has a following, but most popular from the 1990s into the present.

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Along the Wang River and The Ratsadaphisek Bridge of Mueang Lampang, towards the end of a decades era of massive teak pillaging and deforestation of the rich northern forests.....

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.....at Wat Pa Mok [Mueang Ang Thong] along the banks of the Chao Phraya River, 1894

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It could be the first branch of Little Home in Worachak. If so, the MWWA is a couple of hundred metres down the road to the left. The second branch was at Gaysorn near the President Hotel and my recollection is that it was more upmarket than that photo.

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....on the Nan River between Phichit and Phisanulok Provinces, 1889

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As King Chulalongkorn, and others, looks on, the captured scene of the ceremonial unveiling of the Equestrian Statue on the Royal Plaza courtyard takes place.....1908

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A candid shot of Crown Prince, Maha Vajirunhis and his father, King Chulalongkorn in the gardens of Dusit Palace following the day long ceremonial protocol of the young prince's investiture - 1886

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^ Navy customers?

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....seen here housed at Lard Yao Prison [today a women's correctional facility], 1959

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