Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1981
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19909i
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Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A view along a row of cafés or bars on a grassy boulevard, with signs; Bùreau de tabac / Articles de Paris', Bìllards'. A man looks down from a balcony of one of the buildings, another man stands on the ground. The trees on the boulevard are newly planted

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Saigon, 1866 Bears Thomson's negative number: "1085"

Notes

This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library

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Wellcome Collection 19909i

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