Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19909i
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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
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19909i
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