New Forum: Thailand And Siam History Photos

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1969 Korat girl

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Korat horse racing track and activities - 1957

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Dedication tamboon of the Thao Suranaree Statue at Chomphon Gate - Korat 1934

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Korat 1957

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Working on the Korat to Ubon railway 1930

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1961 BKK traffic

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First airmail service to Korat - July 1920

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1953 visitors to Bangkok

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1890 house belonging to extended royalty or nobles. Today, it is the site {the structure still exist} of the Blue Elephant Restaurant & Cooking School on south Sathorn Road.

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Chulalongkorn's

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Old Thai advert....

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Victory Hotel ad of 1972

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Mahasarakham City 1963

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Thai Airways domestic flight sits on the Phuket Airport tarmac of June 1976

[beppi]

Old pedi-cabs of the late 1950s

Those are still in use around BangPa-In (Ayutthaya province).

I always find it amazing what weird kinds of public transport I see on the roads of Thailand - and every town seems to have a different (and differently outdated) mode of transport, but then there seems to be some kind of monopoly and you don't see any others there. For example, Ayutthaya has the ancient Tuk Tuks (copies of Daihatsu MP4s from the 50ies) and there aren't even regular taxis anywhere in town!

[zzaa09]

{per request} George, if you would please, design several sub-category headings chronologically dating from 1860 to 1999? I have thousands of images - and it would be easier to follow if they were arranged as such.....by eras. Thanks again.

[crazyswede]

Great pix .. thanx for sharing ..

[Xangsamhua]

Wonderful photos Zzaa09.

Thank you for posting them.

I'm particularly interested in any from late 60s to mid 70s, my first tour in Thailand and Laos.

I have some of my own, but they're in albums in Australia.

Edited July 25, 2010 by Xangsamhua

[Sateev]

These are truly a treasure. Thank you so much for posting them...

Sateev

[Tywais]

{per request} George, if you would please, design several sub-category headings chronologically dating from 1860 to 1999? I have thousands of images - and it would be easier to follow if they were arranged as such.....by eras. Thanks again.

We have to be somewhat selective to adding forums/sub-forums as the forum lists are rather long already and then need to anticipate expansion for new forums later. You can create new topics covering eras and then a pinned list indexing them could be created.

[Crow Boy]

I have thousands of images

This is a great resource and thankyou for posting these images. I am guessing that some/many are taken by you? Please keep posting them and hopefully others will follow suit

CB

[islandee]

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Your New Forum-Thailand and Siam History Photos post #89 of 2010-07-25 06:57 '1677.jpg'

This is looking west-southwest from the Tha Pae-Chang Klan (night market street) intersection, with Tha Pae Road extending off to the right. This was taken in 1954 by Boonserm Satrabhaya. A traffic light had just been installed --- visible above the boyscout directing traffic. Either the traffic light didn't work or drivers weren't yet familiar with its operation. The building 'Norde Ende' is still there, minus the sign, but the empty lot on the corner is now occupied by a bank. The gabled roof building beyond the Norde Ende (to the west) also still stands: it is identified by Oliver Hargreave in "Exploring Chiang Mai" as a rare example of an old wooden trading house, dating from the late 1800s.

This is the same intersection from which your 1900s-1920s post #6 2010-07-26 08:16, '3-7~0.jpg' and post #42 2010-08-04 18:02, 'chiangmai-cafe-1928.jpg' (same photo) were taken, but it was looking to the northeast in 1928 at yet another still-existing building on the corner which is now a coffee shop. Photo was by Tanaka.

Edited November 16, 2010 by islandee

[islandee]

1907 Northern warlord

Your New Forum-Thailand and Siam History Photos Post #57 of 2010-07-25 05:40 'thailand_nortern-war-slaves-1900.jpg'

Some conflict in information: the image is as titled; but the title in the text of the post is '1907 Northern warlord'. Payap Univ sides with the latter, labeling this photo, in translation, as 'Battle dress for a Lanna royal'. See http://lib.payap.ac.th/webin/ntic/the%20past/ceremony/DSC_0017_1.jpg

[elliss]

great photo,s thank you ,

more please , :jap:

[BlueTerrace]

NOw thats a traffic jam i wouldnt mind getting stuck in!

( love these photos by the way, thanks)

1961 BKK traffic

[dellayao]

Enery old pic tells an old story. I love old pics.

[elgato]

Thanks so much for posting these pics! Simply wonderful!!!

[Pleplejung]

nice picture