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First arrival pack horses, Seoul, bound north – Vintage Print

First arrival pack horses, Seoul, bound north, c1904. — historic photograph
First arrival pack horses, Seoul, bound north, 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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Pack horses loaded with supplies gather at Seoul, the point from which Japanese forces began moving north into Korea during the early months of 1904. Russia and Japan were at war over control of Korea and Manchuria, and Seoul had become the staging ground for Japan's push toward the Yalu River and the Manchurian front. The photograph was taken for Collier's Weekly, which ran it in March 1904 and later reprinted it in James H. Hare's 1905 photographic record of the conflict. Pack animals such as these carried much of the weight of an army that could not rely on roads or railways in the mountainous interior.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH43602 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn. Published in: A photographic record of the Russo-Japanese War / edited by James H. Hare. New York : P.F. Collier & Son, 1905, p. 38.
SubjectsRusso-Japanese War, 1904-1905--Campaigns & battles--Korea--Seoul. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905--Equipment & supplies--Korea--Seoul. Pack animals--Korea--Seoul--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158495

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