EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (1082) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Archived under the number 1082, this Saigon photograph dates to 1867 and was taken by John Thomson while documenting French Cochinchina, forming part of one of the earliest photographic surveys of the city.

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