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Rare Images of Hai Phong City a Century Ago - admin - 11-08-2024

The bustling Chinatown district, the urban postal bus service, and the scenes at Cua Cam ferry pier... are a collection of valuable photos of Hai Phong city from the 1920s-1930s captured through the lens of a French photographer.

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The area with many Chinese immigrants in Hai Phong in the 1920s. This street is now Ly Thuong Kiet Street.

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The urban postal and telegraph bus service in Hai Phong

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The Hai Phong – Do Son route with a combined passenger and postal service bus.

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Quang Dong Wharf

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Cua Cam Ferry Pier

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Another view of Cua Cam Ferry Pier

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Panoramic view of the Cam River from the French ship named Cap-St-Jacques

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French military pier on the Cam River bank. At this time, the riverside road had not been built

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Pao-Va Tugboat on the Lap River, July 1930. In the background is the Caron Bridge – a small iron bridge for pedestrians built by the Caron shipbuilding company. The Caron Bridge was dismantled around 1972

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A French-flagged ship with "Phi-Ho" painted on the hull

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Ship "Hung-Long"

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Ship "Giao-Chi"