Krung Thep Mahanakhon province (Thailand), loading rice
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- Created Date
- 1950-04
- Description
This set of images of Thailand was acquired by the American Geographical Society from Robert Larimore Pendleton (1890 -1957), soil scientist and Professor of Geography at John Hopkins University. The pictures were taken during Pendleton 's research visits to Thailand from the mid 1930s to 1950s. Pendleton served as agricultural adviser to the United Nations FAO Mission to Siam [Thailand] in 1947-1948 and as the soil scientist at the US Mutual Security Agency's Special Technical and Economic Mission to Thailand in 1952-1953.
Padi boats of the Chinese middlemen loading in the Rangsit district, Bangkok Plain. The padi will be shipped to rice mills in Bangkok. Note how little freeboard the boats have. A typical padi grower�s farmstead in the right distance. Thailand. April 1950, Foto No. 1938-5
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- Creator
Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890-1957
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- 1935-1954 Robert Larimore Pendleton's Photos of Thailand
American Geographical Society Library Print Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Type
- image
- Format
- Photographic prints
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890-1957. Krung Thep Mahanakhon province (Thailand), loading rice. 1950-04. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/793. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890-1957, (1950-04) Krung Thep Mahanakhon province (Thailand), loading rice. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/793
- MLA citation style
- Pendleton, Robert Larimore, 1890-1957. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/793>.