Thread: Memory Lane (In my own language)

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows another view of the Golden Mount in the reign of King Rama IV (1851 – 1868).

The colorized B&W photo, taken in 1906, courtesy of ‘S. Phormma's Colorizations’ shows the traditional treatment in the ancient days in the remote area of Siam. They performed by using means of occult which include chants and superstitious methods.

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows young King Rama V (1868 – 1910) taken in 1869. He was wearing two types of Royal Insignia, Siamese and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

... So f..king hot! ...

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’.

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Sebastian Peet’ shows King Rama V (1868 – 1910)’s children (from different mothers) at their old ages (in the middle is King Rama VII (1925 – 1935)).

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the migration of Chinese to Siam in the reign of King Rama VI (1868 – 1910).

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the altar table for Phra Siam Devadhiraj which is a guardian deity personifying supernatural protection over the country of Siam/Thailand. The table was set on the Coronation of King Rama VII (1925 – 1935).

The colorized B&W photo, taken in 1920, courtesy of ‘S. Phormma's Colorizations’ shows Lao lady, Luang Prabang Province.

The colorized B&W photos courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows a beauty contest which was always taken part during the Songkran festival in the old days.

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Sebastian Peet’ shows young King Rama V (1868 – 1910).

The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows the pier, by the Chao Phraya River, that in the future would be the location of Siriraj Hospital.

Back then at the time of this photo (the reign of King Rama IV (1851 – 1868)), the location was the temporary residence for King of Chiangmai when he, with his royalties, came to Bangkok. The type of those boats seen were used in the north especially in Chiangmai.

The colorized B&W photo, of which its original was taken in 1885, courtesy of ‘Sebastian Peet’ shows King Theebaw (1 January 1859 – 19 December 1916 with his wife (middle) and her sister (also his wife)), the last king of Burma and also the last Burmese monarch in the country’s history. His reign ended when the armed force of the Burmese Empire were defeated by the forces of the British Empire in the Third Anglo-Burmese War, on 29 November 1885, prior to its official annexation on 1 January 1886.

As you get older you don't have to wait for Songkran to get wet when you celebrate