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![EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867 [neg. 1084] (1867), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/f7c8617154bf42cd942e3e4f60675d92.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867 [neg. 1084] (1867)
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
John Thomson made this photograph in Saigon in 1867, one of a series capturing the city during the early years of French rule over Cochinchina, when the port was being remade into a colonial administrative center.
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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)
