Elephant statue at Old Parliament House : general view
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08 Apr 2004
Photographed By NIL:Heirwin M. Nasir
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This 2004 photograph shows a statue of a bronze elephant with white tusks, mounted on a high white pedestal in the middle of a granite walkway. Inscribed on the black marble plaque are the words "His Majesty Somdech Phra Paramindr Maha Chulalonkorn - The Supreme King of Siam landed at Singapore the first foreign land visited by a Siamese monarch on the 16th March, 1871". Title devised by Library staff.
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