Saigon, Vietnam. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867.

1867

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

N Saigon on river Mekong Bears Thomson's negative number: "580"

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

Wellcome Collection 19408i