Saigon's photos taken from plane in 1930

03:03, 10/03/2014

The Norodom Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral, straight boulevards ... are the rare photos of Saigon taken by the French from plane in 1930.

The Norodom Palace, the Notre Dame Cathedral, straight boulevards ... are the rare photos of Saigon taken by the French from plane in 1930.
 

saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Notre Dame Cathedral in the center of the photo.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Notre Dame Cathedral from the side view.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The front face of the Notre Dame Cathedral.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Norodom Palace (later the Independence Palace).

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The City Theatre.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

Charne Avenue (Nguyen Hue Road).

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

Both the Notre Dame and the Norodom Palace appear in this photo.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The City Hall at the end of the Charne Avenue.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Saigon sports club.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The barracks of the 11th Colonial Infantry Regiment.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Blanchard de la Brosse Museum in the zoo (now the Vietnam History Museum).

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Halls of St Enfance Monastery.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Saigon Chamber of Commerce.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

Cho Lon area of the Chinese.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The office and factory of the Navy (later the Ba Son port).

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

Saigon River and Charne Avenue.

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

Somme Avenue (Ham Nghi Street).

 saigon, old photos, 1930, french

The Cho Lon Residential ARea. 

 

 

(Source:VNNet)