French Indochina
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French Indochina, officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, was a group of French-dependent territories in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954. It was initia
The Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, built between 1900 and 1906 to house the governor-general of Indochina
French colonial inspector and local on top of an elephant in Phnom Penh in 1896.
The heads of Duong Be, Tu Binh and Doi Nhan decapitated by the French on 8 July 1908 in the Hanoi Poison Plot
A report by the Viện cơ mật on the financial and military aid given by the Nguyễn dynasty to Great France in the year Khải Định 2 (1917). Note how the document ends with the phrases Đại Pháp vạn tuế, Đông Dương vạn tuế (大法萬歲, 東洋萬歲).
Tonkin (French protectorate)
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Tonkin, or Bắc Kỳ, was a French protectorate encompassing modern Northern Vietnam from 1883 to 1949. Like the French protectorate of Annam, Tonkin was still nominally ruled by the Vietnamese Nguyễn dy
French Indochina
…of French associated states (1949–1954). It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), Guangzhouwan (1898–1945), Cochinchina, and Vietnamese regions of Tonkin and Annam. It was established in 1887 and was dissolved in 1954. In 1949, Vietnam was reunited and it regained Cochinchina. Its capitals were Hanoi…
Girls study chemistry in colonial school (Ecole Normale d'Institutrices)
Girls study tailoring in colonial school (Ecole Normale d'Institutrices)
Girls study maths in colonial school (Ecole Normale d'Institutrices)
Girls study drawing in colonial school (Ecole Normale d'Institutrices)