A coolie re-adjusting his pack, Korea – Vintage Print
(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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A coolie re-adjusting his pack, Korea comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A coolie re-adjusting his pack, Korea
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A laborer hoisting a heavy load onto his back is the subject here, shown mid-adjustment with his pack shifted and his body braced under the weight. The stereograph dates to about 1903 and came from the Universal Photo Art Company, a firm that produced stereo cards for home parlor viewers during the early twentieth century, when Korea was drawing growing Western interest as a travel destination. The word "coolie," used on the caption, was a common term at the time for a hired porter or manual laborer in East Asia, and porters like this one carried goods over rough roads and mountain paths. The record notes that its data is unverified, so the exact location and the man's identity remain unknown.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves. Universal Photo Art Co., No. 13. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card Ph. Ind.; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,353 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146140 |
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