1870S - 1890S

[TheKeeNok]

Any military folk who would guess at an age/era for this photo?

From the Chanthaboon Waterfront Community site, but no info provided.

pack of early sex tourists

Guys on R&R. Precursor to places like Pataya?

[TheKeeNok]

Amazingly crazi ass collection!

[zzaa09]

Any military folk who would guess at an age/era for this photo?

From the Chanthaboon Waterfront Community site, but no info provided.

pack of early sex tourists

Guys on R&R. Precursor to places like Pataya?

Just a guess.

Chanthaburi during the French partition of Trat and Chanthaburi - approx. 1904 to 1907.

French officer and aids at a Chanthaburi marketplace.

Edited January 29, 2012 by zzaa09

[bud7]

Thank you for all the time you took to post such great photos.

[ravip]

Thank you ZZaa09 for taking the time and effort to post these pictures.

I enjoy browsing through this amazing collection and compliment you for a job well done.

Thank you.

[jaywalker]

Thanks to ZZaa09 for posting these photos. I can't believe anybody complaining about your efforts.

Photos were made to be SEEN, and what you have doen is make them available to THOUSANDS of people.

Thanks again!

[stebo]

Wonderful photos from ZZaa09. By the way, posting them on this site is itself a very responsible historical act, helping to ensure they will survive and be seen by more people. So the previous poster who was criticising the 'methodology' or something was talking rubbish. ZZAA's posting is also, obviously incredibly generous. I don't know many other historians (and I know a lot) who would just 'give the world' parts of their collections in this way.

[LoveIsZero]

Thanks to ZZaa09 for posting these photos. I can't believe anybody complaining about your efforts.

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I can't believe , either.

Thank you very much.

[danbradster]

Some of these are originals and some are postcard style (plus the modern comparisons from Google).

I don't know many of the backstories, eg. the man seemingly flayed with vultures in the background (what is the wooden post?), or the prisoners/slaves.

The railway ones are mainly the Bangkok-Korat railway, with Knud Rahbek and Rama V.  He and his son were Danish surveyors for the railway, one of the first reailways (or the first) in Thailand.  The grave is the son's, who was an assistant surveyor, and died of yellow fever and is now buried 100m from Muak Lek train station.  'Died 1897' puts a clear date on it.

[Uptooyoo]

Look into the pictures and see a world filled with gentle, soft spoken people. Tourists and natives mingle, being respectful and curious of one another. A civilized world. A world relatively free of crass western influence, cyber-bullying and plastic waste. Take me back.

[danbradster]

Here's a few of the photos sharpened and colourised.