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[Seoul 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. ***. Seller Inventory # 27011701
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