Korean homes in Busan

Visit to the Land of Morning Calm

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Accession Nr.: A.4760.2.34.3.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1908
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Signed: Below the photo: Dezső Bozóky's handwriting:
Korean residential buildings in Busan.
Materials/Techniques: gelatin silver contact print, one half of stereo pair
Dimensions: height: 7.2 cm
width: 8.2 cm
The album containing Dezső Bozóky's travelphotos (second). Related item: A.4760.2. (album). Photograph taken by Dezső Bozóky. Related item: F.2004.689. (photo). The edge of the Korean quarter, whence the Japanese district is visible. Turning towards the houses, a woman stands with an infant tied on her back. From a porch a woman is calling to the Japanese vendor, who carries his merchandise in rectangular tin boxes, on a carrying pole.