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![EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, [nxgasaqc], Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1867](https://cdn.placewas.com/placewas/0fa6ad067a54403a95ead2bd17eed3a5.jpg?width=1200)
EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, [nxgasaqc]
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Another 1867 view of Saigon by John Thomson, capturing the city under early French colonial administration as it was reshaped into the capital of Cochinchina.
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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)
