Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Categories: Asia | Culture | History | Nations

Today, many people have already discovered Vietnam as a new tourist destination, although for most this country remains almost unknown. I had a chance to travel almost all of Vietnam from end to end (two and a half thousand km.), to see many of its cities. Most of all, I was struck by the feeling of a "layer cake" from various cultures and civilizations – ancient Khmer and Vietese, Chinese, French, and Soviet. Red banners and old Soviet trucks, Catholic cathedrals and" French " wines of local production, almost Chinese cuisine, ancient Khmer monuments, brand-new hotels and office buildings-all this is whimsically combined, forming a unique flavor of this country.

We offer you to look at the color photos of what Vietnam looked like 100 years ago, a few decades after the French conquest. The photos were taken by autochrome photographers from the group of Albert Kahn, who decided to capture the whole world in color at the beginning of the 20th century. The quality, of course, is not like that of Prokudin-Gorsky, zernit. I also had to work on reviving the colors, correcting the tonality, and removing some defects. But this is a technical question, the main thing is a color photo that gives the feeling of traveling on a time machine!

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Opium smoker in Hanoi, 1915

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Opium smokers in Hanoi.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Street in Hanoi, 1914-1915

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Another street in Hanoi, 1915

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

In the shopping district of Hanoi.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Boats in Hanoi.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Chinese shack in Hanoi.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Paul Doumer Bridge in Hanoi.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

View of the bridge from afar.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Mandarins (Chinese?) near Hanoi: military chief, provincial governor, and prefect.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

The marina in Haiphong.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

The view of Halong Bay is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

The quaint cliffs of Halong Bay.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

The Governor of Tonkin with his family.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Street vendors in Tonkin.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Tonkin Village Market.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Priestess of the Cult of the Three Worlds.

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Na-Cham region.

The head of the canton and the municipal officials.

Keywords: Culture | Asia | Vietnam | History | Peoples | Tourists | Country | Civilization | Color photos | Chinese cuisine

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