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![EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867 [neg. 1083] (1867), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/a3b0cc4f3dc74f2d8d0b2e81138e6e12.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867 [neg. 1083] (1867)
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Another exposure from John Thomson's 1867 visit to Saigon, made as the photographer documented the city under French colonial administration in Cochinchina, part of a series that today ranks among the earliest surviving photographs of the region.
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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)
