EU: Saigon, Cochin China, Vietnam. Photograph by John Thomson, [L0055838] (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Taken during John Thomson's travels through French Cochin China, this 1867 photograph of Saigon is held under catalogue reference L0055838, part of his wider visual record of the city under early colonial rule.

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