Upper Tonkin - Yunnan (China)

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Upper Tonkin with the Thos

This postcard depicts a dwelling of the Thos ethnic group’s partisans. They are auxiliaries of the French army and guard the mountain pass.
The mountain ethnic groups were very often allies of the French because they feared hordes of Chinese or Vietnamese bandits who extorted them or treated (…)
Mr. Beau’s Journey to Yunnan
28 July 2022

March 1906
In 1906, Mr. Beau made a tour in the upper Tonkin region near the Chinese border.
A series of postcards was published illustrating this journey.
The publisher is Comeil.
Little is known about this publisher or this group of photographers called ’Comeil’.
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