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![EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson [L0056137] (1867), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/e12b345bf6d04571978e17a25b5d8428.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson [L0056137] (1867)
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Part of John Thomson's 1867 survey of Cochin China, this photograph of Saigon is one of the earliest sustained photographic records of Vietnam under French rule, catalogued as L0056137.
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![EU: River bridge, Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam] (1867), Ho Chi Minh City, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/af8c0d02698d4af39a9adb83d7bfd55f.jpg?width=400)
![EU: Saigon, [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (L0056517), Ho Chi Minh City, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/09d1c7d0f3f04bd8a6354af1eaf78bb3.jpg?width=400)
