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AlbumRTW Volume 5(1903)
Korea, Japan, CanadaBrowsing photos RTW Vol5 001-211
 | RTW_vol_5_001 - Inch'on - South Korea Chemulpo from the Consulate [View from British Consulate above over harbour and town] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_002 - Inch'on - South Korea Landing place - Chemulpo [View from water of boats and landing] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_003 - Inch'on - South Korea [Street in Chemulpo with Koreans] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_004 - Inch'on - South Korea [Korean men standing in doorway. "They wear the most absurd costume ever invented by man. They dress in long white cotton coats, which it takes all the labour of their many womenkind to keep clean, white trousers, white and shapeless socks and straw shoes - no protection at all, you observe against any kind of weather."] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_005 - Inch'on - South Korea Chemulpo [Korean man in street. "They wear the most absurd costume ever invented by man. They dress in long white cotton coats, which it takes all the labour of their many womenkind to keep clean, white trousers, white and shapeless socks and straw shoes - no protection at all, you observe against any kind of weather."] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_006 - Inch'on - South Korea Chemulpo [Korean man in street. Mountains in background. "They wear the most absurd costume ever invented by man. They dress in long white cotton coats, which it takes all the labour of their many womenkind to keep clean, white trousers, white and shapeless socks and straw shoes - no protection at all, you observe against any kind of weather. There [sic] hats are similarly contrived to offer the greatest amount of trouble and the least possible service. They are top hats with a wide brim, transparent, made of black....very expensive, very fragile and so small in the crown that they poise on the top of the skull and have to be fastened by strings under the chin."] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_007 - Inch'on / Soul (Seoul) - South Korea [Street with Koreans. Timber yard in foreground, mountains in background] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_008 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea Street, Seoul, with West Gate in distance [General view of street with Gate in distance. Korean men in foreground, mountains in background] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_009 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea Palace and Nam San from the Legation [View of Palace, rooftops of Seoul, and Nam-San, South Mountain, from the British Legation] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_010 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea View from the Summer house of the Legation [View over rooftops towards the mountains, from the British Legation] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_011 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea Seoul from the Summer house of the Legation [View over rooftops of Seoul from the British Legation] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_012 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea Palace gate from Hìtel du Palais [View of Gate] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_013 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea The Palace seen from Hotel Annexe, British Legation (identified with an arrow by Gertrude Bell) [View of rooftops of Palace, people and bazaar in foreground, British Legation in background] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_014 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea old: Gertrude Bell's: Seoul New Palace Gate [View of Gate] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_015 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea Mourner [Korean mourner with covered face and hat] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_016 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea [View of street and Koreans] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_017 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea [Street with Korean children in foreground] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_018 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea [Street and Koreans] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_019 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea New Pagoda [Pagoda and street with Koreans] Date: May 1903 | |
 | RTW_vol_5_020 - Soul (Seoul) - South Korea East Street [Korean men and women in street. "They wear the most absurd costume ever invented by man. They dress in long white cotton coats, which it takes all the labour of their many womenkind to keep clean, white trousers, white and shapeless socks and straw shoes - no protection at all, you observe against any kind of weather. There [sic] hats are similarly contrived to offer the greatest amount of trouble and the least possible service. They are top hats with a wide brim, transparent, made of black....very expensive, very fragile and so small in the crown that they poise on the top of the skull and have to be fastened by strings under the chin.....The women wear white also, very full ungainly skirts...and long green coats....You think they put their arms in the sleeves? Not at all. The coats are worn over the head with the sleeves flapping down on either side of the face. A more nonsensical dress it would be difficult to imagine."] Date: May 1903 | |
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