EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (1867) [L0056133]

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

John Thomson's 1867 photographs of Saigon, including this view, recorded the city while it was still a relatively young French colonial capital, only a few years after France annexed the territory.

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