Description: This 1944 Red Border 35mm color slide show a famous snake farm, The Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, in Bangkok, Thailand, during the WWII era. A man crouches near a large, open mouthed snake. Note the bottle containing snake venom on the walkway. Note that the front of the slide mount pictured is the same type but not the actual mount for this slide.Please view pictures for description and condition From Wikipedia:The Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, is an institute that specialises in the husbandry of venomous snakes, the extraction and research of snake venom, and vaccines, especially rabies vaccine. It houses the snake farm, a popular tourist attraction. The origins of the institute can be traced back to 1912 when King Rama VI granted permission for a government institute to manufacture and distribute rabies vaccine at the suggestion of Prince Damrong, whose daughter, Princess Banlusirisarn, died from rabies infection. It was officially opened on 26 October 1913 in the Luang Building on Bamrung Muang Road as the Pastura Institute after Louis Pasteur, who discovered the first vaccine against rabies. In 1917 it was renamed the Pasteur Institute and placed under the supervision of the Thai Red Cross Society. The institute also produced vaccine against smallpox. The Travel and Immunization Clinic is now located here. If offers vaccines and pre-travel consultation. In the early-1920s the king offered his private property for the construction of a new home for the institute on Rama IV Road. The new buildings were officially opened on 7 December 1922, now named for the king's mother, Queen Saovabha Phongsri. At the same time, the institute's first director, Dr. Leopold Robert, requested contributions from foreigners living in Thailand for the establishment of a snake farm, which would enable the institute to manufacture antivenom for snake bites. Reportedly the second snake farm in the world after Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil, it was opened on 22 November 1923 by Queen Savang Vadhana, then President of the Thai Red Cross, on the institute's premises. ls box 1.10
Price: 13.49 USD
Location: Grayslake, Illinois
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Type: Film Slide
Format: 35mm
Year of Production: 1944
Image Color: Color
Number of Slides: 1
Theme: Cities & Towns, Conflicts & Wars, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Famous Places, Militaria, Royalty, Social History, Theater, Travel, Snake Farming
Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
Country/Region of Manufacture: Philippines
Brand/Publisher: Kodachrome
Subject: Bangkok, Farm, Medical, Palace, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Snake, Thailand, WWII
Vintage: Yes
