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![EU: Saigon, [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, [vt9t843b], Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/2d9f9fd92f034240aed0887d375996cf.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, [vt9t843b]
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
John Thomson photographed this Saigon scene in 1867, not long after France had formally established the colony of Cochinchina, when the city was still being rebuilt along French colonial lines.
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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: Saigon, [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (L0056517), Ho Chi Minh City, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/09d1c7d0f3f04bd8a6354af1eaf78bb3.jpg?width=400)
