Map of Saigon in 1795
This photograph of the front of Norodom Palace by M.Gsell was published in L'illustration Magazine in 1874
The Conference hall of the Governor’s Palace in 1872
Saigon street vendors in the early of the 20th century
Saigon street vendors in the early of the 20th century
Ballroom of the Southern Governor’s Palace (Wooden Palace) in 1867
The Saigon tramway
Saigon Station, 1881
Ngo Dinh Diem stands next to General Paul Ely, the High Commissioner of French Indochina, at the ceremony to transfer control of Norodom Palace to the South Vietnamese government on September 8, 1954
Ngo Dinh Diem held a “political conference” at Independence Palace, on October 4, 1954
Tran Le Xuan demonstrates her shooting skills at an event for an all-female military training unit
Government troops loyal to Diem attacking Binh Xuyen forces on Tran Hung Dao street, May 1955
Saigon streets in 1961
Ngo Dinh Diem’s handwritten final orders
Gia Long Palace after the coup, Novermber 2, 1963
The new Independence Palace under construction
