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Empty Avenue, Phnom Penh
This photograph is part of the collection held by the Agence Khmère de Presse (AKP) and Cambodia’s Ministry of Information. This collection, which documents the early years of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea as photographed by the Vietnamese and a small team of Cambodian photographers, has not yet been classified or indexed.
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Commercial street in Sihanoukville
This unattributed photograph shows a commercial street in Sihanoukville town centre in the mid 1960s, with one side of the street having a promenade with benches and lampposts, and shops on the opposite side, under an arcade. The photograph is part of the collection that was donated to the National Archives of Cambodia from the Library of the Royal University of Fine Arts by Darryl Collins and Helen Grant Ross in 2003. The collection was used by Collins and Ross for their research into urbanisation. The images were probably originally used to mount the Sangkum Reastr Niyum Permanent Exhibition at the Exhibition Hall, Bassac area, Phnom Penh.
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Commercial street in Sihanoukville by night
This unattributed photograph shows a lit building and a commercial street in Sihanoukville city centre by night. The upper floors of the two-story building at the corner are private homes. The ground floor appears to be a restaurant. The photograph is part of the collection that was donated to the National Archives of Cambodia from the Library of the Royal University of Fine Arts by Darryl Collins and Helen Grant Ross in 2003. The collection was used by Collins and Ross for their research into urbanisation. The images were probably originally used to mount the Sangkum Reastr Niyum Permanent Exhibition at the Exhibition Hall, Bassac area, Phnom Penh. This specific photograph was used as an illustration to an article entitled “The seaport of Sihanoukville was a vital necessity for the kingdom” by Jacques Fabre in the monthly pictorial Kambuja, no. 4 (15 June 1965): 65.
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Replica of Koh Ker Tower, Win-Win Monument
This photograph shows a miniature reproduction of a red-brick tower at Koh Ker (former capital of the Angkorian Empire). A garden located on the northern side of the Win-Win Monument displays several miniature reproductions of iconic Khmer monuments. The Win-Win Monument complex – photographed here in January 2020 – was inaugurated in December 2018 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the end of the post-Democratic Kampuchea civil war, with the final defection of the remaining Khmer Rouge factions, thanks to the DIFID policy (“Divide, Isolate, Finish, Integrate, Develop”) also known as the “Win Win” policy of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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King’s Villa, Sihanoukville
This photographs of the King’s villa in Sihanoukville, taken from a low angle and showing the the fully lit façade and balcony of the building by night, is part of the collection that was donated to the National Archives of Cambodia from the Library of the Royal University of Fine Arts by Darryl Collins and Helen Grant Ross in 2003. The collection was used by Collins and Ross for their research into urbanisation. The images were probably originally used to mount the Sangkum Reastr Niyum Permanent Exhibition at the Exhibition Hall, Bassac area, Phnom Penh.
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Independence Beach Promenade, Sihanoukville
This photograph of Independence Beach Promenade with the Independence Hotel in the background is part of the collection that was donated to the National Archives of Cambodia from the Library of the Royal University of Fine Arts by Darryl Collins and Helen Grant Ross in 2003. The collection was used by Collins and Ross for their research into urbanisation. The images were probably originally used to mount the Sangkum Reastr Niyum Permanent Exhibition at the Exhibition Hall, Bassac area, Phnom Penh.
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Empty alleyway, Phnom Penh
This picture shows a small, empty alleyway littered with rubble in Phnom Penh. It was probably taken in the days following the city’s takeover in January 1979. This photograph is part of the collection held by the Agence Khmère de Presse (AKP) and Cambodia’s Ministry of Information. This collection, which documents the early years of the People’s Republic of Kampuchea as photographed by the Vietnamese and a small team of Cambodian photographers, has not yet been classified or indexed.