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Horseshoeing on the safety" plan - a blacksmith shop outside the East Gate Korea" – Historic Print

Horseshoeing on the safety" plan - a blacksmith shop outside the East Gate Korea", c1904. — historic photograph
Horseshoeing on the safety" plan - a blacksmith shop outside the East Gate Korea", c1904.. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Horseshoeing on the safety" plan - a blacksmith shop outside the East Gate Korea", a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A blacksmith's shop stands outside the East Gate in Korea, and the title points to a horse being fitted with shoes at the forge. The stereograph dates to about 1904, when ponies and pack animals were central to travel and trade along the roads into the capital. Stereo cards like this were widely sold to Western viewers curious about distant places, so the picture also records everyday craftsmanship at a time when foreign interest in Korea was growing.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesSTEREO FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Korea [item] [P&P]
Subjectsof half stereo) No known restrictions on publication.
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,374 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-146098

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