Korea – Vintage Wall Art
![Korea, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/dac28071a451-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Korea. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Unlike many views in this set that name a particular city or landmark, this print carries only the country's name, and it is catalogued as No. 113 in the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. It dates to roughly 1910 to 1920, the decade after Japan formally annexed the Korean Empire in 1910 and placed the peninsula under colonial rule. Travel writers such as Frank Carpenter, who wrote for American newspapers and books, supplied Western readers with images of distant lands, and prints like this one reflect that appetite for a country many Americans knew little about. The bare title frames Korea as a whole rather than as a single scene, which is worth noticing when considering what the picture chooses to show.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Korea. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). No. 113. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,081 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-171819 |
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