Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1866
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19908i
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Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). 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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1866.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

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

Notes

This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19908i

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