Thailand – 1899 Chiang Mai

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Siam/Thailand – the 1886 investiture of Crown Prince, Maha Vajirunhis

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Thailand – Young epidemic victim [open cremation], circa 1900

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Chiang Mai – King Prajadhipok’s entourage makes it’s way through the city, 1931

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Chiang Mai – King Chulalongkorn tour – 1898

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Chulalongkorn – Rama V

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poraminthra Maha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมินทรมหาจุฬาลงกรณ์ พระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama V (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang (พระพุทธเจ้าหลวง – The Royal Buddha). He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam. His reign was characterized by the modernization of Siam, immense government and social reforms, and territorial cessions to the British Empire and French Indochina. As Siam was threatened by Western expansionism, Chulalongkorn, through his policies and acts, managed to save Siam from being colonized.

All his reforms were dedicated to Siam’s insurance of survival in the midst of Western colonialism, so that Chulalongkorn earned the epithet Phra Piya Maharat (พระปิยมหาราช – The Great Beloved King).

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Thailand – 1895 royal children

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The smiles, 1895 or 2012; same-same!

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Bangkok – the 1959 “Patumwan Line” along Rama I Road

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Chiang Mai – 1931 – King Prajadhipok’s entourage makes it’s way through the city

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