Photos of Cambodia in Life Magazine

Posted on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’m having so much fun checking out old photos of Cambodia from Life magazine that are now available via Google.

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Above: The Royal Palace in 1952

Below: The same area now via Google Earth

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Below: The moat around Angkor Thom

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Below: Back in the 50s there were Royal elephants associted with the Royal Palace.  Now Sam Bo is all that is left of the elephants in PP.

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Below: This is from a US AID trip to Camobdia. Year?

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Check out more here.

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2 responses to “Photos of Cambodia in Life Magazine”

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  2. Phil | December 9, 2008 at 8:16 pm |

    Here’s a whole lot more images from LIFE at Google: http://tinyurl.com/khmerLIFEimages