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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows how to make a road in the early 1900s. This road led to King Rama VI’s Phra Ram Ratchaniwet (page 18/447), also commonly known as Ban Puen Palace, located in Petchaburi Province. The workers were prisoners.
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^ wonderful pic thanks Nathaniel; my partner works at a civil engineering company - highways and bridges - and appreciated the view of how it used to be.
No prison labour in 2022 though, employees get well looked after.
Keep up the great work.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows ‘Phaya Thai Palace’ Hotel.
The former palace built by King Rama VI to stay and look out over the farms, plantations, and livestock in the area.
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After his death, his brother King Rama VII ordered the palace be converted into an international hotel.
This luxury hotel could welcome only 40 guests. The rate per night varied from 10 baht to 120 baht. Sadly, due to the gradual loss of the business, the hotel ended seven years later.
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Phya Thai Palace then became the site of the first Thai radio broadcast station. Later, after a change of government, the Palace became a clinic for the Royal Thai Army and has since changed its name to the Phramongkutklao Hospital.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a part of the Grand Palace in the reign of King Rama IV (mid 1800s).
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows one of King Rama V’s sons. His mother was the Supreme Queen Consort. The original photo was taken during his top knot removing.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, regent of the Duchy of Brunswick (German Empire), during a visit to Phetchaburi Province. The original photo was shot inside Khao Luang Cave on February 3, 1909.
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sadly its changed a bit NatQuote:
Originally Posted by nathanielnong
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Wow, that's not 'a bit'. That's 'a lot' and it's soooo sad.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the very first funeral portrait. The deceased was one of Prince Dumrongrachanupab (King Rama V’s half-brother)’s wives who died in 1903.
Originally, the order was to be made as a locket size given as souvenir to the guests. In addition to this, the photo shop enhanced the photo (B&W version) and decoratively framed it then gave it to the funeral host who had no idea of where to place it. So the Prince placed it beside the deceased’s casket.
The tradition was not formally conceived until almost 20 years later. Even King Rama V’s funeral (1910), there was no funeral portrait of His.
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it is, i'm assuming i have the right place? so much lost and still being lost to development.Quote:
Originally Posted by nathanielnong
Yes, that's the right place. I have never been in the area for years so I did not know it has been changed this much. I remember when I traveled to Rome (historical cities likewise), the government have blended the old and the new so gracefully. Wish 'we' could do like that instead of demolishing and replacing.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
Somewhere in early 1900s
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This is a still photo from the 1927 movie Chang which was filmed jointly in Laos and Siam.
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Thanks for you help. Really appreciate that.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows King Rama IX and his Queen visiting Italy in 1960.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a nobleman named Phraya Ratchapongsanuwat (title + name given by the king) who was born in the reign of King Rama III (1848).
In 1857, the reign of King Rama IV, he, only 9 years old, was appointed as one of the ambassador team to England, the reign of Queen Victoria.
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Ping River, Chiengmai in 1900s
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a postman rowing a boat called ‘needle row boat’ in a klong in Thonburi Province area in 1950s.
Siam postal service has been established in 1883. In the beginning, a lot of pranks were very popular such as sending a small rock or a card containing rude words to the receiver whom the sender hated and etc. A list of appropriate regulations was applied later.
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Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. In the old days, ordinary Siamese were not allowed to enter the site because it was/is the royal Wat. The people who were allowed were noblemen and farung but only on the special occasions.
The first time that normal Siamese were allowed to visit the Wat was in the reign of King Rama IV (mid 1800s) but only on the religious days (wan pra). They were fully granted permission to visit the Wat every day in the reign of King Rama IX (1958).
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a ‘kon ruey (rich people)’ funeral in the old days. As a tradition, the funeral arrangements for the deceased would have the coffin being held high, the symbol of paying respect, and decorated beautifully. More or less of which would depend on the family’s finance and honor.
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After the Siamese Revolution of 1932 which happened on June 24th, the new government announced that day being Siam National Day started in 1939. The announcement was canceled in 1960 by the government at that time.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the bridge on which the words means roughly as National Day Celebration Bridge 1940 (the year that the construction of the bridge being finished).
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Once King Rama V paid a visit to Kumpangpech city in the early 1900s, he received a very warm welcome from the ruler of the city. Beautiful girls selected from noble clans were presented to provide comfort. There were 4 of them as shown in the colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ of which the original photo was taken by the King himself.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a beauty salon in the early Rattanakosin era.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Kruba Srivichai (1878-1939), a monk who became known as the Patron Saint of Lanna or the Engineer Monk (Said Wiki., I have no idea what that means).
The term Kruba refers to a senior monk in the Northern Thai dialect. Kruba Srivichai has been responsible for initiating and coordinating the restoration of temples and the construction of bridges and roads in North Thailand. His followers constructed the road to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep in 1935. One of the most famous old pictures shows the monk and his followers at the bottom of the naga staircase to the temple.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the Royal Crematorium of King Rama IV at Sanum Luang in 1868.
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when they burn King Johhny in there how do they pick his ashes out amongst all that?
Interesting question! The answer is quite complicated for me to translate into English. I have read that a tray holding the left bones and ashes was place under the 'koat'. The rest procedure is what you have already known.Quote:
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By the way, who is King Johnny??
Thank you for asking...
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a royal merit making (tam-boon) which was performed at a throne hall inside the Grand Palace in the reign of King Rama IV (1865). One of the King’s sons was the head of the ceremony.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows marble dolls inside the Grand Palace in the reign of King Rama VI (around 1910s).
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows alcohol advertisement in 1936. In the early days, such thing had been imported from Europe and Japan. Siam started its own factory in 1934.
In the old days, they did not have irons for clothes. They had a level metal paddle which the user used to press the clothes in the hope that the pressing would remove the wrinkles.
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Bye bye old year
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Happy new year
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The colorized B&W photos courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Wat Mahathat Worawihan located in Phetchaburi Province. In the photo, it was under the renovation in the reign of King Rama VI (early 1900s)
Now…
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the moment while moving the Buddha image which is a copy of the original Phra Buddha Chinarat that has resided in Phitsanulok Province in northern Thailand. The original photo was taken in 1901 in the reign of King Rama V.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the meeting place for the governmental servants located within the Grand Palace in the reign of King Rama V (1884). The original B&W photo has been kept at the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a group of royal chamberlain in the reign of King Rama V (1868-1910).
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Thai chronicles told that Kedah used to be a Siamese city like Nakhon Si Thammarat. Back then it was a part of Siamese Kingdom until it was conquered by the Malay sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century.
In the 17th century, Kedah was attacked by the Portuguese after their conquest of Malacca. In the hope that Great Britain would protect what remained of Kedah from Siam, the sultan handed over Penang and more to the British at the end of the 18th century.
The Siamese nevertheless invaded Kedah in 1821, and it remained under Siamese control under the new name of Syburi. In 1896, Kedah along with Perlis and Setul was combined into the Siamese province of Monthon Syburi which lasted until transferred to the British by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909.
The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the last ruler of Kedah, 25th, while being under the influence of Siam.
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The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Princess Dara Rasami (page 29/706), one of King Rama V’s wives (Princess Consort).
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Though born a royalty and wealthy, while living in the Grand Palace, Princess Dara and the ladies in her entourage were, from time to time, ribbed and called ‘Lao ladies’ as well as being teased that they ‘smelled of fermented fish (pla-ra)’.
“I wish I could go back home every day” said the Princess.