Fig. 3. Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.75 inches, Circa 1969. This is a photograph of me as a young boy in my Khaki uniform of Yuvan – the national youth organization that was first formed by the French colonial power. I think King Norodom Sihanouk was visiting Battambang so we were given the day off school. We would line the streets and wave as he was driven past. The water damage on the photograph hides part of the uniform, such as the hat and there is a medal of King Norodom Sihanouk. The photograph was made in a studio on street number 2 in Battambang. There were mainly Chinese Khmer families in this area and there were a lot of businesses here too. I think I had this picture made to mark the visit of King Norodom Sihanouk either the same day as he visited or the day before / A Fragile Past: Exploring One Family’s Narrative Through the Photographs They Buried

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Date: 2020-05
Issue Title: Ten Years of the Trans Asia Photography Review / Notes from the Field
ID: 7977573.0010.208-00000003
Caption: Fig. 3. Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.75 inches, Circa 1969. This is a photograph of me as a young boy in my Khaki uniform of Yuvan – the national youth organization that was first formed by the French colonial power. I think King Norodom Sihanouk was visiting Battambang so we were given the day off school. We would line the streets and wave as he was driven past. The water damage on the photograph hides part of the uniform, such as the hat and there is a medal of King Norodom Sihanouk. The photograph was made in a studio on street number 2 in Battambang. There were mainly Chinese Khmer families in this area and there were a lot of businesses here too. I think I had this picture made to mark the visit of King Norodom Sihanouk either the same day as he visited or the day before
Number: 2
Article Title: A Fragile Past: Exploring One Family’s Narrative Through the Photographs They Buried
Author: Charles Fox
Volume: 10
Filename: 7977573.0010.208-00000003

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Full citation: "Fig. 3. Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.75 inches, Circa 1969. This is a photograph of me as a young boy in my Khaki uniform of Yuvan – the national youth organization that was first formed by the French colonial power. I think King Norodom Sihanouk was visiting Battambang so we were given the day off school. We would line the streets and wave as he was driven past. The water damage on the photograph hides part of the uniform, such as the hat and there is a medal of King Norodom Sihanouk. The photograph was made in a studio on street number 2 in Battambang. There were mainly Chinese Khmer families in this area and there were a lot of businesses here too. I think I had this picture made to mark the visit of King Norodom Sihanouk either the same day as he visited or the day before; A Fragile Past: Exploring One Family’s Narrative Through the Photographs They Buried." In the digital collection Trans-Asia Photography Review Images. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tapic/x-7977573.0010.208-00000003/7977573.0010.208-00000003. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.