Vietnam 1915 in color photos

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!

Opium smoker in Hanoi, 1915

Opium smokers in Hanoi.

Street in Hanoi, 1914-1915

Another street in Hanoi, 1915

In the shopping district of Hanoi.

Boats in Hanoi.

Chinese shack in Hanoi.

Paul Doumer Bridge in Hanoi.

View of the bridge from afar.

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

The marina in Haiphong.

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

The quaint cliffs of Halong Bay.

The Governor of Tonkin with his family.

Street vendors in Tonkin.

Tonkin Village Market.

Priestess of the Cult of the Three Worlds.

Na-Cham region.

The head of the canton and the municipal officials.