Original Silver Photograph Of Lord Tiger 1955 Vietnam

Beautiful original silver print of a chained Indochinese tiger, who clearly does not understand what he is doing here.
On the back, the story of this photograph and of the emblematic animal, gives this photograph all the sensitivity of the situation, in thanks for the good care given by a woman to the animal during its long journey through Vietnam : "NGO - CÔP (Lord Tiger) PK road of Ban-Ma-Thuot - Pleiku (province of DARLAC) Captains Guyomard and Loyal, express by this modest photograph their gratitude to Miss Morel who was kind enough, in her capacity as nurse, to bring them the comfort of her gracious presence. aboard the Pasteur (72nd rotation) on September 7, 1955 (Signatures) »

Format 18 x 24 cm – Black and White

Context: The liner Pasteur (1938-1957) ensured transfers between the various territories of Vietnam.
In the France-Africa-Indochina direction, it took charge of 24.2% of the workforce and 30% for the year 1954 alone. (Named thus by the godmother of the ship, married to the grandson of the scientist Louis Pasteur).
During the 1950s, approximately 3,000 tigers populated the “Asian Trio” (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos). Large international traffic of the feline species, and the anthropization of the land caused a massive decline in the Indochinese Tiger. There are about 150 left today. It is assumed that this tiger was captured/transported for exhibition purposes (zoos?).