Korea - U.S. Consulate at Seoul – Vintage Wall Art
![Korea - U.S. Consulate at Seoul, [between 1910 and 1920?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/97/9727fa3dc547-L.webp)
(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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This historic photograph of Korea - U.S. Consulate at Seoul brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Korea - U.S. Consulate at Seoul
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The American consulate in Seoul was one of the few Western diplomatic posts in Korea during the years when the Korean Empire lost its sovereignty to Japan, which annexed the peninsula in 1910. Frank G. Carpenter, a travel writer who circulated his own photographs and letters to American newspapers, documented many foreign outposts in Asia during this period. The record dates the print only tentatively, to between 1910 and 1920, so its exact date is uncertain. Still, it captures a diplomatic building at a moment when the country's political future was being decided by outside powers.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1920?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Frank G. Carpenter. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,141 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152472 |
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