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![EU: Saigon, [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (L0056517), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/09d1c7d0f3f04bd8a6354af1eaf78bb3.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (L0056517)
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Saigon, in French Cochin China, as photographed by John Thomson in 1867, part of a series held today in the Wellcome Collection documenting the city under early colonial rule.
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![EU: River bridge, Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam] (1867), Ho Chi Minh City, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/af8c0d02698d4af39a9adb83d7bfd55f.jpg?width=400)
![EU: View of building under construction on the waterfront, Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. (1867), Ho Chi Minh City, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/47360c8ac30148869fd8d7ae8af55ad3.jpg?width=400)