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Vietnam: Taxi dancers dancing together at the Arc-en-Ciel Club on Jaccareo Road, Cholon, c. 1952

Vietnam: Taxi dancers dancing together at the Arc-en-Ciel Club on Jaccareo Road, Cholon, c. 1952

The Arc-en-Ciel was arguably Saigon's top night spot during the 1940s and 1950s. Located in Saigon's twin city of Cholon on Jaccareo Avenue - today's Tan Da - it features prominently in Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American' as the taxi dance venue where Thomas Fowler met and wooed Phuong.

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