Rare Images of Hai Phong City a Century Ago

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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.

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


The urban postal and telegraph bus service in Hai Phong


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


Quang Dong Wharf


Cua Cam Ferry Pier


Another view of Cua Cam Ferry Pier


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


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


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


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


Ship "Hung-Long"


Ship "Giao-Chi"