Tuong Binh

Calvary

Quan chau

Calvary


Dam cuoi vua Ham Nghi



Vua Duy Tan ( Noted the Swords ?)

Viet (North) Women 1884




Giac Co Den (Chinese)1884

Chinese Soldier( Regular Army)1884

thanks, great picture.

Who was that white girl with Emperor Ham Nghi?

She is Marcelle LALOË, his wife... They're getting married in Algiers where Ham Nghi was deported by the French...



GENEALOGY PAPERS (8 pages w/some photos)
http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Vietnam/annam.htm
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/asia/annam.html

THIS JUST NEW FRENCH SITE IS ONE DEDICATED TO
THE FRANCE-INDOCHINA STORY WITH LOTS OF OLD PHOTOS
http://belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm

The site is said to be further updated with more photos to come soon,
from a collection of 72,000 photos taken in the period from 1915 to 1920.

HERE, MORE PHOTOS...
http://www.postcardman.net/vietnam_royalty.html

Wow, these are great old pics of Vietnam, TDscorpion. Have anyone noted the French-style light poles in the 4th picture ? I didn't even know that Cho Ben Thanh (Les Halles Centrales) was there that far back. Thanks, bro !

is that little boy the king? If so why aren't some of this servants wearing shoes? Is it a culture thing?

Looking at the ladies in the picture, I wonder what's the standard of beauty in Vietnam in those time.

One of the most easiet recognized beauty standard is the shade of the skins. The shade skin of the ladies were absolutely paler than the servants behind them in the picture

SIMPLY AS SEXY AS THEY ARE TODAY !!!

Yes, the little boy is the King. King Duy Tan as indicated in the picture. Yeah, this is the first time I see him as a little boy too
He's one of the many emperors that go against the French during colonial era. I also noticed that the servants has no shoes as well. It looks as if one must not wear shoes when one is a servant. You can also noticed in the other pictures as well. I think so. I don't know. That's why I came to this place to learn something about my culture too

And that beauty standard still prevails today, being white is being beautiful.

The standard of beauty for whom?

As for me, I would suggest that the same standard of beauty has never changed over the years: it's CLASS EDUCATION.

A Top Model of Tonkin 1884-1885?

Look at the fine hands, the nails, at what she's wearing inside.

those are some nice pictures TDscorpion. thanks for sharing.

Great pictures!