Pre-1975

Following the partition of Vietnam after the Geneva Accords, Trần Trúc Minh relocated from North Vietnam to Saigon, bringing the oil lamp with her.

Following the partition of Vietnam after the Geneva Accords, Trần Trúc Minh relocated from North Vietnam to Saigon, bringing the oil lamp with her.

The oil lamp’s place and date of manufacture are unknown. It is described by a family member as a long-held family object (“đồ cổ của gia đình”).

Bà Trúc Minh gave this raincoat to her husband for his evacuation from Vietnam by plane on April 29, 1975.

Bà Trúc Minh gave this canteen to her husband for his evacuation from Vietnam by plane on April 29, 1975.

Typewriter owned and used by Mrs. Mai Công prior to 1975 for personal and professional correspondence in South Vietnam.

Photograph of Nguyễn Văn Đốc taken.