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EU: Saigon, Cochin China, Vietnam. Photograph by John Thomson, [L0055789] (1866)
1866 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam
This 1866 image, catalogued as L0055789, forms part of John Thomson's photographic survey of Saigon, made in the early years of French administration over Cochin China.
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![EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1) (1866), Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), 1866](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/de6d1075b27d446a8a8fdc05f31a123c.jpg?width=400)