Hanoï - Grand Lac et Pagode du grand Bouddah
1945 Hanoi, Vietnam
A lake in Hanoi and an adjoining Buddhist pagoda, labeled in the original French caption as the 'Grand Lac' and 'Pagode du grand Bouddah', photographed in 1945 during the closing months of French colonial rule in Indochina.
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