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EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, [bguded7x]
1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
John Thomson's camera recorded this 1867 scene in Saigon, part of a series he made while traveling through French Cochinchina and documenting its people and streets.
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