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![EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1867) [L0055838], Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/0e33b5dddb0c4fbbaa7c15147940528d.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (1867) [L0055838]
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This 1867 view of Saigon, attributed to John Thomson, records the city during the period of French colonial administration in Cochin China, shortly after its formal annexation by France.
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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)
