Indochinese postcards, [ca. 1902-1994]
Collection Number: 4279

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Indochinese postcards, [ca. 1902-1994]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4279
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).
Creator:
Quanitities:
.1 cubic feet.
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).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Indochinese postcards, #4279. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Places:
Laos -- Description -- Views.
Cambodia -- Description -- Views.
Vietnam -- Description -- Views.
Indochina -- Description -- Views.
Form and Genre Terms:
Postcards.

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