Chanthaburi Historic

Photos in Chanthaburi on 5-6 January 1958, by French cultural anthropologist Georges Louis Condominas (29 June 1921 – 17 July 2011).

Photos of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Chanthaburi on 5-6 January 1958, by French cultural anthropologist Georges Louis Condominas (29 June 1921 – 17 July 2011).

A dying tradition - would be almost ten years since I've seen one.

Original and colourised version of a photo at Laem Sing during the French military occupation, dated 1900, from the Roger-Viollet Collection.

Photo not dated, guessing 1970s

Wat Khao Ploy Waen, 1903 photo from Danish ship captain Hans Ejler Peter Frandsen

The school was originally named Wat Nong Prong School.

Dated as late 1960s.

The pier at Tha Chalaep is now used by marine police and the archaeological diving boat.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1992 (note spires are not reinstated)

Laem Sing during the French military occupation, photos between 1898-1900, from the Roger-Viollet Collection.

During the French military occupation of Chanthaburi they used the lodge building of the British consulate, opposite Wat Chantaranam on the Chanthaburi river.

Undated photos of Koh Proet, approx 1960-70 when access was by wooden footbridge, now there's a raised road connection to mainland Chanthaburi

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1930s and December 2022

1925 proposal for electricity network in Chanthaburi