
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
