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EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (1867)
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Photographed by John Thomson in 1867, this view of Saigon, Wellcome Collection reference L0056139, dates from the period when the city was consolidating its role as capital of French Cochinchina.
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