Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (Thailand), farmhouse on the river

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.A poor farmstead, built mostly of bamboo and nipa thatch. The kitchen stands at the left. A mass of floating grass and pak bung (Ipomoea reptans) is to the right. Rachakam township, Ayutia province [Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province], Bangkok Plain, central Thailand. November 1940.Grayscal