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• DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
• COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
• INFORMATION FOR USERS
• SUBJECTS
• CONTAINER LIST

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Photograph album of Siam, 1865-1866
Collection Number: 4863

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

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INFORMATION FOR USERS

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CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Prince George, eldest Son of the second King
Box 1	Folder 2	Like the preceding, but in undress
Box 1	Folder 3	A younger brother of Prince George, a Midshipman in the Siamese Navy
Box 1	Folder 4	Mum Rachadie, Chief of the Foreign Police
Box 1	Folder 5	The Superior of a Siamese Wat
Box 1	Folder 6	The celebrated image of Budda, of green Jasper, considered by the Siamese their Palladium in Wat Baromaniwat
Box 1	Folder 7	View of the Temples, Bell-tower, etc., of Wat Tepatida, Bangkok
Box 1	Folder 8	View of the Temple Buildings of Wat Ratshmada, Bangkok
Box 1	Folder 9	The out-buildings of a Wat
Box 1	Folder 10	The Wat Saket Monastery, Bangkok. Temples of Wat Po in the distance
Box 2	Folder 1	Priest's Residences at the Wat Saket Monastery or Temple, Bangkok
Box 2	Folder 2	The Hankatong at Wat Saket
Box 2	Folder 3	Library of the Wat Saket Temple or Monastery, Bangkok
Box 2	Folder 4	Not Identified
Box 2	Folder 5	Bird's eye view of the buildings of a Wat. View over the city from Wat Saket
Box 2	Folder 6	The Kankatong at Wat Saket
Box 2	Folder 7	Illegible
Box 2	Folder 8	View of Wat B, from one of the islets in the river Island of the Maks Nak by Nat Saket
Box 2	Folder 9	Court of Wat Dokami (Wat Boudet ?)
Box 2	Folder 10	A group of Siamese men and boys
Box 3	Folder 1	A Lahhon (?) with recitals
Box 3	Folder 2	A Siamese woman in her usual dress
Box 3	Folder 3	A Siamese woman, added to this is a Siamese lady - sister of the King's wives
Box 3	Folder 4	A group of Siamese women
Box 3	Folder 5	A Siamese Priest reading a Homily
Box 3	Folder 6	Musicians
Box 3	Folder 7	Musicians
Box 3	Folder 8	Laos reciting a love-story, accompanied by the clapping of the hands of the rest and the sound of the Laospipe
Box 3	Folder 9	Female musicians
Box 3	Folder 10	Siamese playing a single stick or quarter-staff
Box 4	Folder 1	Lenn Champann, a Siamese play
Box 4	Folder 2	Ipong (?) A play with Cowries (?)
Box 4	Folder 3	Lenn Tuah, a game played for money
Box 4	Folder 4	Thott Caett, played upon the same principle as the foregoing
Box 4	Folder 5	Siamese boxing
Box 4	Folder 6	Women sowing (sic)
Box 4	Folder 7	Cleaning and spinning cotton
Box 4	Folder 8	Purifying and refining gold
Box 4	Folder 9	A Siamese female shampooed by her servants
Box 4	Folder 10	Dressing the queue
Box 5	Folder 1	Shampooing by female medical attendant
Box 5	Folder 2	Children, the mother lying before the fire
Box 5	Folder 3	Cutting hair
Box 5	Folder 4	A Siamese Noble being conveyed in a hammock to a visit
Box 5	Folder 5	A visitor, the lady's servants in attendance
Box 5	Folder 6	A Siamese Official dictating a Despatch (sic)
Box 5	Folder 7	Cleaning (gleaming ?) rice from the husk
Box 5	Folder 8	Breaking the husk
Box 5	Folder 9	A Siamese at dinner, his wives preparing
Box 5	Folder 10	A Siamese Noble going on a visit
Box 6	Folder 1	A man carrying water, a woman and girl offering fruits and vegetables for sale
Box 6	Folder 2	War junks on the Samsen Creek
Box 6	Folder 3	H. Brit, Majesty's Consulate, The Consul's residence
Box 6	Folder 4	Not identified, but probably the Consul's residence
Box 6	Folder 5	Precincts of a Wat
Box 6	Folder 6	In Cambodia
Box 6	Folder 7	The Mah'a nak Canal, suburbs of Bangkok, Siam
Box 6	Folder 8	View of Bangkok, taken from the Landing Stage (?) of H.M. Consulate
Box 6	Folder 9	Her Brit, Majesty's Consulate, The Council's Interpreter and first and second Assistant's residences
Box 6	Folder 10	The Great Swing (missing as of Sept. 11, 2000)
Box 7	Folder 1	Pra Rahu, riding Krat, holding a mallet, a Brahminical deity to whom offerings are made in Siam when evils are to be averted or success sought
Box 7	Folder 2	Pra Narai, four-armed riding Krut younger brother of Pra In Suan
Box 7	Folder 3	Pra Ankan, riding a buffalo, holding an oblong shiled and sword. The Planet Mars deified. A Brahinical divinity, invoked in Siam to avert evil
Box 7	Folder 4	Pra Ket, riding a serpent and holding a sabre. A Brahminical deity to whom offerings are made in Siam, when evils are to be averted and success sought
Box 7	Folder 5	Pra Sau, riding a tiger and holding a trident. A Brahminical divinity (a deification of the planet Saturn) whose aid the Siamese invoke to avert evil, etc.
Box 7	Folder 6	Pra Hat Bodi, riding a deer and holding a long-handled lance. The planet Jupiter personified, a Brahminical deity, invoked in Siam to avert evil, etc.
Box 7	Folder 7	Pra I Suan, riding an ox and holding a trident (the siva of the Brahmins)
Box 7	Folder 8	Pra Tsan, riding a horse, holding a circular shield and sword. The moon god. A Brahminical deity invoked in Siam to avert misfortune, etc.
Box 7	Folder 9	Pra Atit, riding Traison, holding a serpent-shaped bow. A Brahminical deity (the Sun deified) invoked by the Siamese to avert evil and ensure success
Box 7	Folder 10	Pra Suk, riding an ox and holding a snake-shaped bow. The planet Venus deified. A Brahminical divinity, invoked in Siam to avert evil, etc.
Box 8	Folder 1	Pra Plon holding a sword, riding a rhinoceros, a Brahminical deity, invoked by the Siamese
Box 8	Folder 2	Pra Prom, with four faces and eight arms, riding the bird called Hong. A deity to the Bramins to whom offerings are made, sometimes, in Siam
Box 8	Folder 3	Pramaha Wikinet (Gunesha of the Hindus) a son of Pra Insuan, held in great esteem by Siamese physicians
Box 8	Folder 4	Pra Put, riding an elephant and holding a sword in each hand. A Brahminical deity (the planet Mercury personified) invoked to avert calamity, etc.
Box 8	Folder 5	Siamese play - actors
Box 8	Folder 6	Siamese actor, the Executioner of the Sentence
Box 8	Folder 7	Siamese play - actors
Box 8	Folder 8	Figures from a Wat (?) referring to religious traditions
Box 8	Folder 9	Siamese play - actors
Box 8	Folder 10	A Siamese actor, the Execution(er ?) in the Tragedy
Box 9	Folder 1	An actor, representing a Prince
Box 9	Folder 2	One of the Maids of the Queen, fancy dress of H.M. the King
Box 9	Folder 3	Siamese play - actors
Box 9	Folder 4	Siamese actors
Box 9	Folder 5	Siamese play - actors
Box 9	Folder 6	Siamese play - actors
Box 9	Folder 7	Siamese play - actors
Box 9	Folder 8	Siamese play - actors (? not identified)
Box 9	Folder 9	Siamese actors in rehersal
Box 9	Folder 10	Siamese actors, representing a Princess
Box 10	Folder 1	Siamese play - actors
Box 10	Folder 2	Siamese actors
Box 10	Folder 3	Siamese actors - two Princesses with conical headdresses
Box 10	Folder 4	A Siamese actor, a young lady representing a Prince
Box 10	Folder 5	Wat Shaang (?) or Cheng
Box 10	Folder 6	Not Identified
Box 10	Folder 7	Siamese play - actors