# Old "Life" Magazine Photos of Bangkok

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588 "2008-11-20T02:31:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588/1 "2008-11-20T02:31:21Z")

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Google Images now covers old photos from _Life_ magazine. There are lots of old shots of Bangkok. See them [here](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Bangkok+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images).

Especially good ones [here](http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Bangkok+source:life&imgurl=3268578840ee1033), [here](http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=Bangkok+source:life&imgurl=8ef7f2dbe7f35952), [here](http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=16950123d19cfb3c&q=Bangkok+source:life&usg=__GZ2_HKJ5wQXDTA8PItCvluoh2eQ=&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBangkok%2Bsource:life%26start%3D120%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) and [here](http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=431a05f611c5b1a1&q=Bangkok+source:life&usg=__I-EkxArrUPmkB4gOgRM50z4iVrc=&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBangkok%2Bsource:life%26start%3D60%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN).

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588/2 "2008-11-20T06:10:20Z")

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Very cool!

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588/3 "2008-11-20T07:33:43Z")

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Thanks for the link to those, **Siam Sam.**

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**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588/4 "2008-11-20T16:46:06Z")

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Replacing “Bangkok” with “Japan” in that search yields another set of fascinating photos. Thanks, **Siam Sam**!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-life-magazine-photos-of-bangkok/473588/5 "2008-11-21T01:25:33Z")

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Just another service from your friendly neighborhood **Siam Sam**. 😃