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Hanoi - Ga Hàng Cỏ through time

Hanoi 1912–1950 3 photos of this spot

3 photographs taken at the same spot in Hanoi, spanning 1912–1950 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The exterior façade of the railway station in Hanoi, then the capital of French Indochina, is pictured in this 1912 photograph. The station connected the city to the wider colonial rail network, reflecting the infrastructure France built up in the region in this period.

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Hanoï - Gare, façade extérieure, Hanoi, 1912

Hanoï - Gare, façade extérieure 1912 The exterior façade of the railway station in Hanoi, then the capital of French Indochina, is pictured in this 1912 photograph. The station connected the city to the wider colonial rail network, reflecting the infrastructure France built up in the region in this period.

EU: Ongeregeldheden in Indo-China. Na twee dagen felle strijd bezetten Franse troepen het operagebouw te Hanoi (1947), Hanoi, 1947

EU: Ongeregeldheden in Indo-China. Na twee dagen felle strijd bezetten Franse troepen het operagebouw te Hanoi (1947) 1947 Captioned as documenting unrest in French Indochina, this 1947 photograph shows French forces occupying Hanoi's opera building after two days of heavy street fighting during the early stage of the First Indochina War.

Hanoi - Ga Hàng Cỏ 1950 Hanoi's central railway station, popularly known as Ga Hàng Cỏ, pictured in 1950 near the end of the French colonial period in Indochina. The station served as the terminus for rail lines linking Hanoi to the rest of Vietnam.