Guide to the Indochinese Postcards,
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Collection Number: 4279

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
E. Engst
Date completed:
May 1987
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Indochinese postcards, [ca. 1902-1994]
Collection Number:
4279
Quantity:
.1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Postcards.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Postcards, some with messages, some sent to individuals in France, depicting landscapes, street scenes, activities, ethnic groups, and events, primarily in the Vietnamese sections of Cochin China, Annam, and Tonkin. Includes some postcards from Cambodia and Laos and two sets of postcards from North Vietnam (post 1954). Also 44 postcards of Buddhist temples in Vietnam, 1990s, by David D. Ha (Pacific Distributor).
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Postcards, some with messages, some sent to individuals in France, depicting landscapes, street scenes, activities, ethnic groups, and events, primarily in the Vietnamese sections of Cochin China, Annam, and Tonkin. Includes some postcards from Cambodia and Laos and two sets of postcards from North Vietnam (post 1954). Also 44 postcards of Buddhist temples in Vietnam, 1990s, by David D. Ha (Pacific Distributor).
SUBJECTS

Places:
Indochina--Description--Views.
Vietnam--Description--Views.
Cambodia--Description--Views.
Laos--Description--Views.

Form and Genre Terms:
Postcards.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Indochinese postcards, #4279. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Cochin China
Saigon, Cholon - scenes, street scenes, activities, ethnic groups - blank
 Box 1 Folder 1
ca. 1910
Saigon - street scenes, activities - Goupil Family
 Box 1 Folder 2
Saigon, Cholon - theater scenes - Goupil family
 Box 1 Folder 3
ca. 1909
Chaudoc, Thu-Doc - scenes, street scenes - Goupil family
 Box 1 Folder 4
ca. 1906
Saigon, Cholon - scenes - Larue family
 Box 1 Folder 5
1908
Saigon, Cholon - scenes, mostly in color - from "Alexander"
 Box 1 Folder 6
1907-1913
Saigon, Cholon - street scenes, scenes, people - various senders and recipients
 Box 1 Folder 7
Tonkin
ca. 1905-1920
Hanoi, Haiphong - scenes, street scenes, activities - various senders and recipients
 Box 1 Folder 8
ca. 1905-1913
Moncay, Caobang, Kien An, Phong-Tho, Thai-Nguyen, Doson - scenes, ethnic groups - various senders and recipients
 Box 1 Folder 9
1902-1904
Hanoi, Haiphong, etc. - scenes, street scenes - Larue family
 Box 1 Folder 10
People - blank
 Box 1 Folder 11
People - blank
 Box 1 Folder 12
Hanoi, Doson, Moncay, Laokay - activities - blank
 Box 1 Folder 13
1908
Execution scenes - blank
 Box 1 Folder 14
Animals - blank
 Box 1 Folder 15
Sontay, Ngnan-Son, Phu-Lien, Vie'tri, Nui-Deo, Cho-Bo, Tong-Hoa-Phu - scenes - blank
 Box 1 Folder 16
Doson, Hongay, Nam-Dinh, Moncay, Nacham, Muong-Khuong - scenes - blank
 Box 1 Folder 17
Hanoi, Nam Dinh, etc. - street scenes (2 in color) - blank
 Box 1 Folder 18
Missionary activities
 Box 1 Folder 19
Yunnam - Larue family - blank
 Box 1 Folder 20
Annam
Hue (2 in color) - Larue family - blank
 Box 1 Folder 21
Hue - blank
 Box 1 Folder 22
Than-Hoa, Man-Hoa, Qui-Nhon - blank
 Box 1 Folder 23
People - addressed and blank
 Box 1 Folder 24
Vinh - blank
 Box 1 Folder 25
1912
Tourane - addressed and blank
 Box 1 Folder 26
Cambodia
People - blank
 Box 1 Folder 27
1903-1913
Pnom-Penh - coronation, cremation ceremony, scenes, street scenes - Larue family and others
 Box 1 Folder 28
People - blank
 Box 1 Folder 29
1903, 1905
Scenes - Larue family, from "Alexander"
 Box 1 Folder 30
ca. 1903
Ethnic groups - Larue family, others - blank
 Box 1 Folder 31
North Vietnam (post-1954)
Halong and environs - blank in folder
 Box 1 Folder 32
Hanoi - incomplete set, blank in folder
 Box 1 Folder 33