EU: Saigon, Cochin China, Vietnam. Photograph by John Thomson (L0055838) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

This 1867 Saigon photograph, catalogued as L0055838 in the Wellcome Collection, was taken by John Thomson during his travels through French colonial Cochinchina.

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