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서양인이 찍은 희귀사진
OLD KOREA
1890~1903
LAND OF THE MORNING CALM
Photo by HERERT G.
PONTING, 1903
- Korean Girls Testing a New "Short Drop" Parachute Design
- Smokin', Gamblin', and Gossiping
- High Class Family
- The Short-Cut Home, or,
a Korean SPIDERMAN Does His
Thing. SEOUL
- Kids on the City Wall, SEOUL
- A Crowed Scene on a Side Street, PYONGYANG
- A Rustic Road Near SEOUL
- The Bean Grinder, SEOUL
- A "Greasy Spoon" Restaurant in SEOUL
- The Chicken Seller, SEOUL
- Charcoal Carriers, SEOUL
- Junks Along the Han River at YUNG SAN,
a Logging Town
Near SEOUL
- Two Kinds of Loads on the Streets of SEOUL
- Public School With a Holding Cell Under the Floor
Reserved For Wild Kids, SEOUL -
Wonder what the little girl behind
bars
did to get thrown in the klink?
Obviously, the pipe-smoking old
teacher-
sage doesn't take any crap from his young pupils.
- Tiger Hunters in the Hills Outside of SEOUL
- Shoeing a Horse at the Blacksmith's Home, SEOUL -
In
the past,
these guys were evidently kicked clear into their neighbors yard
by a horse that didn't care to get shoes nailed into its hoofs....
and
there is NO WAY they will let THAT ever happen again !
- Japanese Make Sure the Koreans Know Who's in Charge
!
This is Korea
ca.1897-1900.
Commenter idea0853 believes it is actually September 6th,
1897.
See his comment far down below.
As a stereoview,
the first
record I can find of its being published is in 1901.
The image is
tragically symbolic.
A crowd of Koreans stand under the shadow of the
Japanese
"Rising Sun" flag,
while their own Korean National Flag is
relegated to the size
of a bath towel.
Although Korea has not yet
been formally annexed to Japan,
a series of subjugating treaties backed by
military force
had allowed the Japanese to "call the shots" and "run the
show",
basically doing whatever they wanted with Korea and the Koreans.
I have never seen such a graphic image demonstrating the lack
of
respect Japan had for any of its neighbors in the Century
leading up to WW2
-- well,
except for a pile of photographs I have that show the Japanese
Military abusing the Chinese, which a National Magazine in Tokyo
told me
they could never publish in Japan.
"It is not good for Japanese Morale and
the Nation of Japan
to know what happened in the past", I was told.
Of course, they did not have to tell me that,
as I was already
familiar with the so-called "History Books"
approved by the Ministry of
Education during my over three
decades of living there. Of course,
some
of the History Books published in America for their
schools are in the pits
as well.
No doubt every nation (to either a LARGE or small degree)
lives
in some amount of corporate, official denial about not
only the present, but
especially the past.
- Human "Dirt Pounders"
Harden the Foundation for a New
Post Office. SEOUL, 1903
Officials of the Imperial Department of Communications. SEOUL,
1903
- Four Peace-
Loving Korean Gentlemen at the Temple of the
God of War. SEOUL
- Heathen, Idol-Worshipping, Blinded-by-the-Devil,
Superstitious Koreans
(According to the Christian Missionaries,that is).
Near SEOUL
- Two Happy Guys Winnowing Barly in the Streets of CHEMULPO
Photo by UNKNOWN
Photographer
High Class Women and their Coach Bearers Photo
by UNKNOWN
Photographer, ca.1899-1900.
Comment #6 below from
Korean visitor 윤곡 states
that these are not "High Class Women"
as the title above describes them.
Instead, the commenter is sure they are really Korean "Giseang"
기생 : 妓女, 妓 ---
similar to a Japanese
Geisha. Please read the comment in full below,
where exception is also taken
to a claim made by another commenter.
Things suddenly get interesting...
!
The Hay Carrier. Photo by UNKNOWN Photographer, ca.1899-1900.
- Education Awakens the 'Hermit Kingdom" -
A School for
Boys in SEOUL, 1903
- A Happy Couple Visiting Relatives in SEOUL, 1903
- Korean MINISTER OF WAR, His Son, and Grand Children.
SEOUL, 190
- General Prince "MIN YUN HUAN",
Commander in Chief of
the Korean Army. SEOUL, 190
- A Wedding Party (1), SEOUL
- The Wedding party (2),
SEOUL Photo by UNKNOWN
photographer, ca.1899-1900.
- Pottery Packing Mountain Men, Near SEOUL
- First Class Transportation, SEOUL.
Photo by UNKNOWN
photographer, ca.1899-1900.
They are standing on a railroad or trolly track.
- Limousine Service in the Snow for a High Class Little Girl,
SEOUL
- Happy Kids With Grandma and the Water Boy, SEOUL.
Photo
by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900
- Chowing Down at an Old "Greasy Spoon"
Where the Food
Tastes Great. SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
- High Class Dandys on a Nature Hike.
Near SEOUL Photo by
UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
- The Royal Tombs Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
- Sticks, Mud, Rock, and Rope. Building a Home in
SEOUL |