Just saw this today

Some 40 cool old photos (1941) mostly Chiangmai actually all Chiangmai I believe

Like this one where the US Consulate will eventually go

small warning...Topless girls as was the fashion back then included in some photos

http://bangkok-news99.blogspot.in/2015/06/36-1941_27.html

Where's my Tardis, I need to visit CM in 1941

Terrific to look back at CM. Great photos. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for posting.Lovely photographs of our beautiful city.

Would be interesting to know what happened to the

2 VW s in that picture.

regards Worgeordie

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Some 40 cool old photos (1941) mostly Chiangmai actually all Chiangmai I believe

great post mania .. thank you .... i recognise quite a few of the places

but the democracy monument is in bangkok not chiang mai

and heres a pic of wat chidi luang taken in jan15

dave2

ps ... the girls obviously had bigger #### then

im being done with the fried eggs they have now

Would be interesting to know what happened to the

2 VW s in that picture.

regards Worgeordie

For sure..but that pic must be late 40's as i believe VW Kombi wasn't made until '47 or later...great pics tho...bring back the ladies of shape as they were then please...

Right.. it can't be 1941 as those VW Type 2 Transporters were only produced from 1950 onwards.

And then presumably it would take some time for them to make it to Thailand and Chiang Mai.

I'm familiar with some of the pictures, many are from the 1950s and 1960s.

Still, very good shots.

With all those breasts on display, I had to go thru the pics again to spot the VW vans

Many thanks. Excellent Pics.

The girls are chunkier than now, skinnymalink " supermodels" then

Right.. it can't be 1941 as those VW Type 2 Transporters were only produced from 1950 onwards.

And then presumably it would take some time for them to make it to Thailand and Chiang Mai.

I'm familiar with some of the pictures, many are from the 1950s and 1960s.

Still, very good shots.

The second picture ( beauty contest ) was taken in 1965

As for all those then young semi naked girls in the photos. Appears that we have missed the best times to have been in Chiang Mai. They really were the grand old days.

I wonder how much a cold singha cost then???

Yes as some have mentioned it looks like maybe they meant pictures as old as or starting with 1941?

The one of Narawat Bridge (16th photo) has a caption that reads 1953 Nawarat Bridge

The one with the Chiangmai sign (23rd photo) is captioned 2503 which would be 1960

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it can't be 1941 as those VW Type 2 Transporters were only produced from 1950 onwards.

is this a type 2 ?

i knew there was someting different with my pic of the stupa at wat chedi luang

in 05 when i got here there was a row of big half elephant figures all round it !

now theyve gone

dave2

pics 3 and 4

i had no idea narawat bridge used to be an iron one and the people on the river bed are in front of the christian school

dave2

Yes as some have mentioned it looks like maybe they meant pictures as old as or starting with 1941?

Yes, I think ( almost sure ) that the pictures with topless women are taken in 1941 ( as I understand, it was the last year it was permitted ), after there was the "thai dress mandate ", issued 15 january 1941 by Plaek Pibulsongkram

here is what is permited and not permited ( 1941 )

The bridge in Pai is part of the old iron Narawat bridge.....Don't know how they got it there.....

Great photo's, pretty sure some of those girls are working in the Loh Kroh Rd now :-)

Great pics love chiang mai. Fantastic tits too

My Thai partner informs me that according to the style of dress none of those ladies are Chiang Mai locals... Mostly Bali :-(

My Thai partner informs me that according to the style of dress none of those ladies are Chiang Mai locals... Mostly Bali :-(

True ! after reading your post, I made some research and found two ( n° 15 ( school girls ) and 25 ) which are from Bali ( N° 15 october 1941 , n°25 I don't know the date but taken by Dutch people )

other pictures, I didn't find anything

for those interested ( sorry, it's about Indonesia ) fantastic pictures here when Indonesia was Dutch

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=/COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=bXGPVerkBM3guQS5loCIDw&ved=0CDYQ7Ak&biw=1137&bih=634#tbm=isch&q=/COLLECTIE+TROPENMUSEUM

Yes as some have mentioned it looks like maybe they meant pictures as old as or starting with 1941?

Yes, I think ( almost sure ) that the pictures with topless women are taken in 1941 ( as I understand, it was the last year it was permitted ), after there was the "thai dress mandate ", issued 15 january 1941 by Plaek Pibulsongkram

here is what is permited and not permited ( 1941 )

I can remember in the nineteen eighties when a lot of the village matrons would wear a sarong with a bra (usually white) over the top of the sarong.

ok im baffled

how can someone from bangkok news 9 or whoever

post a load of pics of topless indonesinan women in an artical about pics in chiang mai

anyone ?

dave2

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Some 40 cool old photos (1941) mostly Chiangmai actually all Chiangmai I believe

great post mania .. thank you .... i recognise quite a few of the places

but the democracy monument is in bangkok not chiang mai

and heres a pic of wat chidi luang taken in jan15

dave2

ps ... the girls obviously had bigger #### then

im being done with the fried eggs they have now

Here is an image I took of Chedi Luang before the 1993 (?) renovation. As you can see, it looked much more atmospheric and compelling before they slapped on all the concrete and cut the surrounding vegetation. I was horrified to see what they had done to it. Ah well.

OK. I am completely confused now. I have yet to see a Thai woman with breasts that size. (natural anyway) Either these pictures are not correct or something has caused the Thai breast to shrink dramatically over the past 60 years or so.

Would be interesting to know what happened to the

2 VW s in that picture.

regards Worgeordie

Since they were VW vans, that could not be a 1941 picture--vans didn't surface until after WWII, circa 1949.

The bridge in Pai is part of the old iron Narawat bridge.....Don't know how they got it there.....

actually that is a rumour that is disproved I believe its origin is unknown but not that one.

Thank you for sharing, Op.

really appreciate these pics

also interesting to see how jugs have evolved in the past 50-70 years...