Comments on: (MUST SEE) Rare photos of old Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:58:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: dokdoforever http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-86127 dokdoforever Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:06:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-86127 Does anyone know - are the books on this site all 100 years old because the copyright has expired? Or because they just started scanning old books first? Does anyone know - are the books on this site all 100 years old because the copyright has expired? Or because they just started scanning old books first?

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85866 sewing Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:17:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85866 That's just under "Korea—American Libraries." There's more stuff under "Korea—Canadian Libraries," and probably more yet under the other text subheadings, but it's kind of slow right now, so that's as far as I got. This is the most awesome Internet resource that I had never heard of. It beats the pants off Project Gutenburg (whose texts also seem to be included) and Google Books. That’s just under “Korea—American Libraries.” There’s more stuff under “Korea—Canadian Libraries,” and probably more yet under the other text subheadings, but it’s kind of slow right now, so that’s as far as I got. This is the most awesome Internet resource that I had never heard of. It beats the pants off Project Gutenburg (whose texts also seem to be included) and Google Books.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85862 sewing Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:05:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85862 Bulgasari, thank you very much for the tip, and for Robert's mention of the Internet Archive in the first place. I had know idea they'd be a repository for books—what a marvelous resource—and these are full photographic reproductions of the texts, not just text or PDF files! Wow! What a find! Bulgasari, thank you very much for the tip, and for Robert’s mention of the Internet Archive in the first place. I had know idea they’d be a repository for books—what a marvelous resource—and these are full photographic reproductions of the texts, not just text or PDF files! Wow! What a find!

]]> By: peninsular aborigine http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85561 peninsular aborigine Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:25:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85561 dokdo, One of the members of the graverobbing team, Ernst Oppert, went on to write his own book about Chosun. I think it was Englished as "Corea: A Forbidden Land." We longnoses have a long history of "adventurism" here. dokdo, One of the members of the graverobbing team, Ernst Oppert, went on to write his own book about Chosun. I think it was Englished as “Corea: A Forbidden Land.” We longnoses have a long history of “adventurism” here.

]]> By: dokdoforever http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85555 dokdoforever Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:14:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85555 That website is really an incredible find. I followed bulgasari's advice, and found an interesting book "Corea, Chosen, land of the Morning Calm" 1898, a type of travel guide written by a British guy. There's a bizarre story in there (pg 9-15) about a band of foreigners who tried to steal the body of Daiwongun, along with buried treasure, and got caught. Other stories about leapards, Korean customs, etc. Quite interesting That website is really an incredible find. I followed bulgasari’s advice, and found an interesting book “Corea, Chosen, land of the Morning Calm” 1898, a type of travel guide written by a British guy. There’s a bizarre story in there (pg 9-15) about a band of foreigners who tried to steal the body of Daiwongun, along with buried treasure, and got caught. Other stories about leapards, Korean customs, etc. Quite interesting

]]> By: bulgasari http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85113 bulgasari Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:07:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-85113 Sewing - "orphaned from their surroundings" - Nicely put. You could probably also include the bell tower at Jonggak station. By the way, if you do a search for "Korea" at the site where you can download the book, you can find about a dozen books from that time period. I've been scrolling through Lilian Underwood's book, and there are a lot of fascinating stories there, about things like stone fights, trying to convert the queen, how they got the land for the foreigners cemetery, etc. Sewing - “orphaned from their surroundings” - Nicely put. You could probably also include the bell tower at Jonggak station.

By the way, if you do a search for “Korea” at the site where you can download the book, you can find about a dozen books from that time period.

I’ve been scrolling through Lilian Underwood’s book, and there are a lot of fascinating stories there, about things like stone fights, trying to convert the queen, how they got the land for the foreigners cemetery, etc.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84928 sewing Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:16:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84928 The Dongsipjagak (mentioned by Bulgasari) and the pavilion 1 km south at the intersection of Jongno & Sejongno are weird...like island relics from another age, cut off from all context. At least with the city gates—also orphaned from their surroundings—you can visualize the walls and see what their function was. The Dongsipjagak (mentioned by Bulgasari) and the pavilion 1 km south at the intersection of Jongno & Sejongno are weird…like island relics from another age, cut off from all context. At least with the city gates—also orphaned from their surroundings—you can visualize the walls and see what their function was.

]]> By: bulgasari http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84915 bulgasari Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:51:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84915 Great photos! I flipped through this book at Yonsei University Library awhile ago, so it's nice to have a chance to read it now. The frontspiece (the first full photo) on this page - http://blog.daum.net/hsjs7/6364692 - looks <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/68558939@N00/534256042/" rel="nofollow">rather familiar</a>. You can even see the bridge over the stream that Samcheongdong-gil now covers. Great photos! I flipped through this book at Yonsei University Library awhile ago, so it’s nice to have a chance to read it now.

The frontspiece (the first full photo) on this page - http://blog.daum.net/hsjs7/6364692 - looks rather familiar. You can even see the bridge over the stream that Samcheongdong-gil now covers.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84898 sewing Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:21:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84898 If I was a "religious nut," I'd be trolling half the comment threads for all their sexual innuendo and the like. The word just caught me off guard <i>in the context,</i> and my joke about Methodists and Catholics (which, ironically, the Western Confucian may be the only one to get) was an attempt to make light of my own reaction. If I was a “religious nut,” I’d be trolling half the comment threads for all their sexual innuendo and the like. The word just caught me off guard in the context, and my joke about Methodists and Catholics (which, ironically, the Western Confucian may be the only one to get) was an attempt to make light of my own reaction.

]]> By: hoju_saram http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84819 hoju_saram Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:09:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/06/14/must-see-rare-photos-of-old-korea/#comment-84819 "Now, y’all are going to think I’m a fussbudget" No, I think you're a precious religious nut. How about you leave those sort of decisions to the owner of the (non-religious) blog? “Now, y’all are going to think I’m a fussbudget”

No, I think you’re a precious religious nut. How about you leave those sort of decisions to the owner of the (non-religious) blog?

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