EU: Saigon, Vietnam. Photograph by John Thomson, (neg. 557) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

This 1867 view of Saigon was captured by John Thomson during his travels through Cochin China, work that followed his earlier expedition to photograph the ancient temples of Angkor in neighboring Cambodia.

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