EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (1083) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Numbered 1083 in its archival series, this 1867 photograph shows Saigon as recorded by John Thomson during his tour of French Cochinchina, when the city was still being shaped by colonial administration.

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