Saigoneer

Back Heritage » [Photos] 28 Advertisements From Old Saigon

[Photos] 28 Advertisements From Old Saigon

Details
Saturday, 14 May 2016.
Written by Saigoneer.

For as much advertising as Saigon has today, the city's billboards and storefronts have made the switch from hand-painted lettering and retro designs to a more modern – and sometimes more generic – form of signage.

Thankfully, Facebook group Sai Gon Vi Vu, has managed to amass a compilation of old Saigon advertisements in the form of brightly colored billboards and shop signs, fancy car detailing and the occasional hand-painted logo. Feast your eyes on these images from 1960s and 70s Saigon below:

[Photos via Facebook group Sai Gon Vi Vu]

Related Articles:

- Paying Homage to the Hand-Painted Signs of Cho Lon

- Local Designer Preserves Retro Saigon Font

- [Photos] An Ode to Nguyen Hue's Demolished Fountain

Related Articles

in Heritage

29 Photos of 1989 Vietnam by Magnum Photographer David Alan Harvey

Peaceful 1989 Vietnam is chronicled in the stunning photos of Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey. His images were some of the first to emerge from the country following the 1986 Đổi Mới&n...

in Heritage

After Failed Demolition Attempt, This 100-Year-Old Saigon Villa Is in Disrepair

Remember this beautiful century-old villa? It’s now largely a pile of rubble.

in Heritage

Blasts From the Past: 10 Things That No Longer Exist in Saigon

Saigon is a city of turnover; colonial buildings have given way to skyscrapers, canals to streets and train stations to parks. As the city enters a period of modernization, on it’s way to becoming an...

in Heritage

Blasts From the Past: 10 Things That No Longer Exist in Saigon - Part 2

Due to the popularity of of our previous edition of "Blasts From the Past: 10 Things That No Longer Exist in Saigon," we've put together a fresh set of photos for your reflective pleasure.

in Heritage

How Lăng Cha Cả Went From Mausoleum to Roundabout

If you’re just off the plane and heading west into the city, it’s hard to avoid the busy six-way Lăng Cha Cả intersection south of Ho Chi Minh City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport. But it’s even ...

in Heritage

In 1910, Indochina’s First Flight Departed From Saigon

Over a century ago, on December 10, 1910, the first-ever flight in Indochina took off from Saigon’s Champs de Courses, the site of which now serves as the Ho Chi Minh City headquarters of the Peo...

Partner Content

Urbanist Network Logo
 
Saigoneer Sài·gòn·eer Saigoneer한글판 Urbanist Travel
Copyright © 2024 Urbanist Network. All Rights Reserved