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KOREA POSTCARD ALBUMBiblio.com
COLLECTION OF 76 PHOTO POST CARDS SHOWING KOREA & KOREANS
27011701Seoul n.d. ca 1900-1930's.Brown blind-stamp embossed album 34 x 26.5 cm. black pages most are collo-type photos some are hand-colored others are later glossy types all by and large clean all corner mounted in period album. RARE NICE! The album contains 23 pages in all each page with 3 or 4 average per page total postcard count is 76 in all. BEGINNING PAGE: The beginning page shows a "Korean District Governor at out" the a "Bird's-eye view of Seoul" which is a very RARE double photo postcard 2 attached. Then a "View of Seoul City." 1st. page: Begins with a picture of the King's ancient carriage Koka Gate of Shotoku Palace Throne Room and a Korean family of middle class. 2nd. page: Kokamon Seoul Nandimon 3 different photos two with an electric trolley. 3rd. page: The mourning dress man Full dresses two women: Keenan A student 4th. page: Choson Hotel Sin Song guide Game of checkers and three lower class women. 5th. page: The home dress of the Corean gentlemen another gentleman Keenan. 6th. 2 photos of Keenan girls. 7th. The lady going out on carriage. Buffalo vendor fishers house. 8th. The Pagoda Park Seoul 2 each Seoul Korea in Soul. The East Great Gate. 9th. Porters of water a Idol and a carrier Imperial musicians. 10th. Washing clothes in the river 2 each harvest of wheat Corean children collecting Hay. 11th. The front of Custom House Chemulpo Port of Chemulpo. 12th. Street in Seoul Nagate Dori Street of Fusan Corean cottages called Ondoru the middle below this house Chosan. 13th. Suckka Tower Grave of the Monmoo King Buddha statues. 14th. Bool Kuk Temple 2 each Grove of the domestic fowl stone pond. 15th. Chosen hotel Keijo Temple of Heaven in Choson hotel. Boy's school at Chinnampo Methodist Episcopal Mission The Old Korea news agency Korea Government building. The above are all old collotype photos probably from 1900-1915 period some hand-tinted. Next begins other photo postcards probably from the 1930's most are b.w. some color we state "color" in that case. . 16 th. Korean man smoking pipe women looking at a pond Keenan Upper class Korean gentleman. 17th. Royal Assembly Hall Ferry crossing the river Fusan Station color Capitol building. 18 th. White Buddha temple Royal Assembly Hall shows 2 girls. 19 th. City wall and gate Pyong Yang with long penned inscription Korean women weaving and spinning basket seller. 20 th. Water-wheel a firewood carrier carriers of timber. 21 st. Young porter beggar boy. Ferry below the Han River Labor of Corea. 22. nd. 4 color cards: Government of Korea two Keenan girls on the pond Sedan chair Main street Fusan a rendering not a photo card. The collection is superb with great examples of Korean-types people in native costume at daily chores and the sights of Korea its old buildings temples waterways and the like. A keen insight to the land people customs of old Korea and the Japanese administration period. CAPTIONS: Some captions are in English others in Japanese Hangul or Korean. . unknown
