Husband and wife of Corea

Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library
Title: Husband and wife of Corea
Date: ca. 1904
Place: Asia: South Korea
Type: Postcards/Ephemera
Description: Obviously a well-crafted studio photograph, the couple depicted here (without any children) is composed and face the camera directly. Both in traditional Korean attire, the husband (an official) is seated, while the woman stands to his right. Source: Kwon, O-chang. Inmurhwaro ponun Choson sidae uri ot, 1998, p. 128.
Inscription/Marks: Inscription imprinted on image: 'Husband and wife of Corea'
Identifier: 1260.74.12.07
1813.001/5xs9
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.

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