EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson [neg 1083] (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

A view of Saigon taken by John Thomson during his 1867 visit to French Cochin China, now southern Vietnam. Thomson's photographs from this journey are among the earliest surviving images of the city.

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