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OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- High Class Dandys on a Nature Hike. Near SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- The Royal Tombs
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Sticks, Mud, Rock, and Rope. Building a Home in SEOUL
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- On the Road to Beijing, China. Scene in the Suburbs of SEOUL, 1903
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
はげ山だらけ・・ちょっと雨降ったら絶対水没する・・
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- The Rice Pounders, SEOUL
Half of the Countries of the World did it just like this. Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- The Human Back-hoe. Laying the Foundation for a New Post Office in SEOUL
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- American Electric Trolley at the SOUTH GATE of SEOUL, 1903
Sadly, the complete upper structure was lost in an arson fire in 2008, for the stupidest reasons : See this link for one of many stories appearing in the mass media around the world.
www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/world/asia/12korea.html
See Radianman's post of this gate taken shortly before it was destroyed :
www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2421804615/#comment721... (Thanks, Radian)
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- American Electric Trolley at the WEST GATE of SEOUL, 1903
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Soldiers and Civilians at WEST GATE of SEOUL. 1903
Japanese Occupation Forces ? Native Korean Soldiers ? Native Koreans in the Japanese Military ? Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Pack Train on a City Street, SEOUL
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Miss Peary's English Mission Orphanage for the Destitute and Blind, SEOUL
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Two High-Class Gentlemen Killing Time.... Somewhere in SEOUL
I think there is one more class higher than these guys -- those whose pipes are SO LONG they go out the window, down the street, and right into the Tobacco Shop. ;-)
Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- A Rural Street Scene in Old BUSAN (PUSAN)
I say BUSAN. You say PUSAN. The Japanese say FUSAN. At the time of this photo, it was one of three open ports in Korea. Photo by HERBERT G. PONTING, 1903.
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Ready to Roll. A High-Class Girl Rides, Her Servant Walks. SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
THE FLYING SEE-SAW GIRLS OF KOREA -- Go Ahead....Try This at Home !
Keep your knees bent under your hanbok, and hang onto the wire. That's all there is to it. Let me know how it goes. From a ca.1900-05 photograph of Japanese-Occupied Korea.
Here's all the acrobatics on my thread : www.flickr.com/search/?w=24443965@N08&q=acrobats&...
THE KOREAN ARCHERY SQUAD -- All Around Winners and Best of Show in 1903
When posting the Manchurian Archer views today, it occurred to me that I forgot to add the Korean Archers to the Korea Set posted last year.
Well, here they are !
Original title from 105 years ago : MUCH ENVIED WINNERS OF THE ARROW-SHOOTING CONTEST --- THE NATIONAL GAME OF THE HIGHEST ARISTOCRACY --- KOREA.
The full 3-D version of the above photo is seen here :www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3515169294/
For more on the art of Archery in old and new Korea, see : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_archery
Photographed by HERBERT PONTING in 1903 while visiting Korea on a stereoview expedition for UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. Unknowns to him at the time, the RUSSO-JAPAN WAR was about to break out on Chinese Soil.
When the war did flare up, and Korea became a staging point for the Japanese Army's entry into China, only two Western publishers had a wide range of 3-D Korea images ready for sale --- C.H. GRAVES, and UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. And all of these Korea stereoviews (and the 2-D slides and prints made from them for mass media use) were taken by PONTING.
All of the ARCHERY views on my photostream can be seen here on one page :www.flickr.com/search/?w=24443965@N08&q=aRCHERY&m...
Korean Traditional Archery
Korean traditional archery around the turn of the 20th century.
THE KOREAN ARCHERY SQUAD -- All Around Winners and Best of Show in 1903
When posting the Manchurian Archer views today, it occurred to me that I forgot to add the Korean Archers to the Korea Set posted last year.
Well, here they are !
Original title from 105 years ago : MUCH ENVIED WINNERS OF THE ARROW-SHOOTING CONTEST --- THE NATIONAL GAME OF THE HIGHEST ARISTOCRACY --- KOREA.
For more on the art of Archery in old and new Korea, see : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_archery
Photographed by HERBERT PONTING in 1903 while visiting Korea on a stereoview expedition for UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. Unknowns to him at the time, the RUSSO-JAPAN WAR was about to break out on Chinese Soil.
When the war did flare up, and Korea became a staging point for the Japanese Army's entry into China, only two Western publishers had a wide range of 3-D Korea images ready for sale --- C.H. GRAVES, and UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. And all of these Korea stereoviews (and the 2-D slides and prints made from them for mass media use) were taken by PONTING.
All of the ARCHERY views on my photostream can be seen here on one page :www.flickr.com/search/?w=24443965@N08&q=aRCHERY&m...
WHY EXTRATERRESTIALS AVOIDED OLD KOREA (1)
They took one look at those pointy policeman umbrella hats, and quickly returned to Mars.
Found mixed in with a group of 1895-1935 hand-colored and black & white glass lantern slides of old pre-WW2 China.
Location correctly ID'd by commenter ohxmas below. Thanks !
KIDS BY THE TRAIN TRACKS in OLD KOREA
Korea view found mixed in with a China set ! Pointed out to me by commenter ohxmas below. Thanks.
WHY EXTRATERRESTIALS AVOIDED OLD KOREA (2)
They took one look at those pointy policeman umbrella hats, and quickly returned to Mars.
Korean view found mixed in with a group of 1895-1935 hand-colored and black & white glass lantern slides of old pre-WW2 China.
Correct location ID'd by commenter ohxmas below. Thanks !
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