1890~1903 귀중한 사진자료 2.

KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- CHEMULPO City and Harbor at Low Tide (Street Divides Chinese and Japanese Settlements) 1904

KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- 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.
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KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- The Hay Carrier
Photo by UNKNOWN Photographer, ca.1899-1900.

KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Education Awakens the 'Hermit Kingdom" -- A School for Boys in SEOUL, 1903

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- A Happy Couple Visiting Relatives in SEOUL, 1903

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Korean MINISTER OF WAR, His Son, and Grand Children. SEOUL, 1903

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- General Prince "MIN YUN HUAN",
Commander in Chief of the Korean Army. SEOUL, 1903

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- A Wedding Party (1), SEOUL
OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Pottery Packing Mountain Men, Near SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- First Class Transportation, SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.
They are standing on a railroad or trolly track.

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Limousine Service in the Snow for a High Class Little Girl, SEOUL

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Happy Kids With Grandma and the Water Boy, SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- Chowing Down at an Old "Greasy Spoon" Where the Food Tastes Great. SEOULPhoto by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.

OLD KOREA - LAND OF THE MORNING CALM -- The Wedding party (2), SEOUL
Photo by UNKNOWN photographer, ca.1899-1900.

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 HERERT G. PONTING, 1903. |