Object Details
Scope and Contents note
Photographs made by a staff photographer for the State Railway of Thailand near the king's mountain palace at Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, March 30 - early April 1967. Photos document Miao people in their villages, including a man playing a kaeng (a bamboo wind instrument used to communicate with spirits). Additionally, there is one image of Yukta Na Thalang (Director of the State Railroads of Thailand) and Sir Jordon MacKay (Director of a division of the World Bank) with donor Martha Lubekke and her husband Gunther Lubbeke.
sova.naa.photolot.4960
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 4960
Photographer
Kānrotfai hǣng Prathēt Thai
Addl. KW Subj
Miao
Place
Thailand
Photographer
Kānrotfai hǣng Prathēt Thai
Culture
Hmong (Asian people)
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State Railway of Thailand photographs of Miao people
Biographical/Historical note
The official State Railway of Thailand began as the Royal State Railways of Siam, established under the Ministry of Public Works in 1890. The department controlled all state and private railways in the country. In 1951, the State Railway of Thailand Act B.E. 2494 renamed the organization and established it as a state enterprise. Gunther Lubbeke was an employee of the World Bank, for which he may have appraised Thailand's railway systems.
Extent
8 Prints (silver gelatin)
1 Copy negative
Date
1967
Custodial History note
Donated by Martha Lubbeke through Dr. William Crocker, Department of Anthropology, in March 1968.
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Identifier
NAA.PhotoLot.4960
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Copy negatives
Photographs
Citation
Photo Lot 4960, State Railway of Thailand photographs of Miao people, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Rights
This copy collection may be restricted by copyright. Contact the repository for terms of use and access.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Existence and Location of Originals note
According to donor Martha Lubbeke, the original negatives were kept by the State Railway of Thailand.
Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
NAA.PhotoLot.4960
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Record ID
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