Historical snapshots...Vietnam

Old photographs and maps.

Hard to resist.

I walked into a shop in Ho Chi Minh City,

and spotted a stack of photographs tucked away

in the back of the shelf.

I pulled it out, sat down on a little stool

and slowly took each one in.

I selected my favourites.

A snapshot of history..

Photograph of Ho Chi Minh...1951

Photograph of Richard Nixon on visit to Vietnam...1953

Landscape scenes...time and location uncertain.

Map of Vietnam...1976

It's the little things...

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