Indochine - City & Landscape, Ethnology (Ethnic / Ethnographic Postcards), Military, Women (Women at work, in the army, dressed like men, in penal colony,...), Portraits - Hanoi; Tonkin; Saigon; Hue; Cochinchina - Postcard (105) - 1898-1915

Fantastic ensemble of postcards on the theme of Indochina. A very large part is marked "Dieulefils" a great photographer and publisher of CPAs.

1/ This historic postcard from the editor Pierre Dieulefils in Hanoi represents two wives (concubines) of the Emperor Thành Thái, who reigned over Annam (Vietnam) under the French protectorate from 1889 to 1907.

Pierre Dieulefils (1862-1937) was a French photographer, explorer and publisher, famous for being one of the first and most important publishers of postcards in French Indochina.

2/ This document presents four old postcards of French Indochina, published by the editor Mme G. Wirth, Saigon. They illustrate scenes of daily life, landscapes and the region's traditions in the early 20th century. During the golden age of the postcard (mainly between 1900 and 1910), Mme G. Wirth ran a publishing house in Saigon. Her productions are easily recognizable by the vertical signature placed on the margin of the photos: Mme G. Wirth, editor, Saigon. (as seen on your four documents).

3/ The printer S. Watanabe was a Japanese photographer and publisher active in Hanoi (Indochina) between 1910 and 1915. He ran a photography studio and owned the business “Bazar Nippon” (or Japanese Bazaar), first located on Tiên Tsin street.

4/ The Maison Passignat, famed engraving and publishing house based at the Quai du Commerce in Hanoi at the start of the 20th century, published a significant series of old postcards (CPAs) documenting French Indochina and more specifically Tonkin.

5/ Jumillard refers to a famous French professional photographer and publisher active in Hanoi during the era of French Indochina, between 1897 and 1903.