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![EU: River bridge, Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam] (1867) [V0037272], Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/4a3871069bf8407e99ea94ed9b2a3268.jpg?width=1200)
EU: River bridge, Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam] (1867) [V0037272]
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This 1867 photograph shows a bridge over a river in Saigon, taken by John Thomson during his documentation of French Cochin China. Waterways were central to the city's transport and trade in the nineteenth century.
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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)
