EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (1867) [L0056139]

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

This 1867 image of Saigon was made by John Thomson during his travels through French Cochin China, a region he photographed extensively in the 1860s alongside neighboring Cambodia.

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