Prae province (Thailand), logs on the Yom 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.Teak logs stranded in the Gaeng Luang rapids of the Yom River. Logs on the far bank awaiting the next high water, about 8 months hence. Before that elephants will have gotten the stranded logs into the stream, so they will also go on down. Near Pak Pan Ry. Station, Prae province, Northern Thailand. December, 1935.Grayscal