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Bangkok Wat Phra - Thailand - Wat Phra (Emerald Buddha) elaborate inlaid mother-of-pearl doors (also photographed in 1923 by my Father). Date: 1952
Bangkok Wat Rajabopit - Thailand - Wat Rajabopit (meaning built by the King) Temple interior somewhat Italian Renaissance. Beautiful set of Chinese vases in front of the Buddha images. Date: 1952
Bangkok Wat Po - Thailand - Wat Po huge colourful sloping roofs with pretty courtyards. Date: 1952
Bangkok Elephant post - Thailand - Elephant hitching post outside Royal Palace Date: 1952
Bangkok Cremation ground - Thailand - Royal Palace Cremation grounds by Wat Phra with palace and Wat roofs in background. Date: 1952
Bangkok Grand Palace - Thailand - Invited to the modern Grand Palace, but Doug and Dad had to put on coats, ties, long pants and shoes. Mom not allowed to take photographs inside. Date: 1952
Bangkok Oriental Hotel - Thailand - The sprawling Oriental Hotel on the Chao Phraya River. Date: 1952
Bangkok Boulevard - Thailand - Nearing the city, we travelled under avenues of shade trees, past frame buildings, gas stations and westernised people and billboards. Date: 1952
Ayuthaya modern pagodas - Thailand - Shop for new shrines Date: 1952
Ayuthaya ruins - Thailand - Ruins many ancient ruins scattered about in the jungle. Saw a large prang with some interesting carving
Fish nets - Thailand
Ayuthaya Buddha - Thailand - A huge Buddha made of bronze which was once covered with a layer of gold. When the Burmese (Siams old enemies) captured Ayuthaya, they burned the gold off. Date: 1952
Basket fisher women - Thailand - A line of women and children with baskets in each hand going in a straight line from one end of a small klong to the other, catching or rather trapping the fish
Teak on the Chao Phraya - Thailand - Teak logs on the Chao Phraya River near Ayuthaya Date: 1952
Peasant home near Ayuthaya - Thailand - Peasant home Most of the bamboo and frame cottages are built on a mound of fill above the flooded land
Tales From Many Lands: The Coconut Prince
Thailand TribesmanA Maow Hill tribesman with a crossbow, Chiangmai, northern Thailand. Date: 1930s
Thai StudentA fashionable female student browses through the prospectus of the University of Chiangmai, north Thailand. Date: 1960s
Turin Exposition - Serbian and Thai ExhibitsTurin Exposition of 1911 - The Serbian and Thai Pavilions Date: 1911
Girl in Snow / Photo / 1960A girl from Thailand and a snow-covered tree during an English winter Date: circa 1960
Theatre / Exotic / ThailandActors and actresses in the traditional costume of Siam (modern Thailand). Date: circa 1880
The Dolly Sisters wearing oriental costume in A vol d oiseau, Edouard VII Theatre, Paris, 1923 1925
Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai, ThailandView of two buildings of Wat Chiang Man, the oldest temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Construction of the temple began in the late 13th or early 14th century
Wat Mahathat, Si Satchanalai, ThailandWat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat royal temple complex at Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Thailand, dating from the early 13th century. View of the central prang, with a seated Buddha figure below it
Wat Buddhai Sawan, Ayutthaya, ThailandGeneral view of the Wat Buddhai Sawan Buddhist monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand. The large white structure on the right is the central prang, built in 1352
View across the Mekong River, Chiang Khong, ThailandView across the Mekong River at Chiang Khong, Thailand, with Laos in the distance, and river boats on the near bank
Seated Buddha in Wat Si Chum, Old Sukhothai, ThailandThe large seated Buddha in the Wat Si Chum (Temple of the Bodhi Tree) at Old Sukhothai, Thailand. The temple dates from the 13th century
Wat Sri Sawai, Old Sukhothai, ThailandView of Wat Sri Sawai, a small Buddhist temple with three prangs in Old Sukhothai, Thailand. There are many Hindu images and scenes here, suggesting that Sri Sawai was first a Hindu temple
Bangkok Royal Palace - Model of Angkor WatBangkok Royal Palace, Thailand - Model of Angkor Wat (Cambodia) commissioned by Rama IV
Thailand - Ayutthaya - Statue of BuddhaStatue of Buddha amid the ruins at Ayutthaya - the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri
Thailand - Ayutthaya - RuinsRuins at Ayutthaya - the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri
Queen Prajadipok of SiamHer Majesty Queen Prajadipok of Siam (modern day Thailand), married to King Prajadipok, an enlightened sovereign educated principally in England. Date: 1926
Children of Rama VI of SiamThree children of King Rama VI of Siam (modern Thailand). On the right is Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua (1893 - 1941), the future King Rama VII
Royal Couple - ThailandA Royal Couple from Siam (Thailand)
Prang Sam Yod, ThailandPrang Sam Yod, Lopburi, Thailand. This massive stone sanctuary was founded in the thirteenth century by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII
Chedis of the Wat Si Sanphet, Ayutthaya, ThailandView of two of the three bell-shaped Chedis (royal tombs) of the Wat Phra Si Sanphet temple (constructed between 1492 and 1532) at Ayutthaya, Thailand
Guardian statues, Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok, ThailandA row of guardian statues lining the elaborate Phra Mondop (Library) of the Wat Phra Keo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok, Thailand
150th Year of DynastyKing Prajadhipkop of Siam celebrates the 150th year of his dynasty
France Announces AnnexCARTOON: France announces annexation
Thailand Nakon WatBuddhist temple of Nakon Wat
Thailand BangkokThe Menam river at Bangkok
Thailand / Bangkok MarketThe river market in Bangkok
Buddha / Thailand ReclineBUDDHA An enormous Buddha statue, reclining, in the Phra Pathom Chedi, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
Louis XIV of France and visitors from Siam (Thailand)King Louis XIV of France receives delegates from Siam (Thailand) who have come to study science in Europe
Rama V / Chulalongkorn / PjRAMA V known as CHULALONGKORN King of Siam (1868-1910) and his wife
Thailand / Wat Poh TempleWat Poh: the temple
Narai, Ruler of ThailandRuler of Ayuthia, the principal state of Siam; reputed one of the wealthiest rulers of the East, receiving delegates from the Pope and other Europeans
Events / Thailand (Siam)Frontispiece to a Dutch book on Siam