Ban Khrua
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Ban Khrua is a historic community neighborhood along Bangkok's Khlong Saen Saep from Saphan Hua Chang to Wat Phrayayang. It includes an area of about 14 rai on both banks of the canal. It's divided in
The Ban Khrua Nuea neighbourhood (along the Khlong Saen Saep)
Ban Khrua Nuea
Jim Thompson (designer)
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James Harrison Wilson Thompson was an American businessman who helped revitalize the Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s. At the time of his disappearance he was one of the most famous Americans
Ban Khrua
…a well-known product of the community and a major source of income for most households. The community served as a factory for the American businessman Jim Thompson whose home, now a museum called the Jim Thompson House, is nearby on the south bank of the canal. Thai silk became highly prized, and was used as for…
Jim Thompson missing
U.S. major general William J. Donovan
Thompson's private collection of silk garments which were used for the stage musical The King and I.
Jim Thompson House: Main building (c. 2013).