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EU: North Saigon on river Mekong (1867)
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The northern edge of Saigon along its river, recorded by John Thomson in 1867 during his photographic survey of French Cochinchina, in the wider Mekong delta region where waterways shaped the layout of the colonial city.
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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)
