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A 19th century bowling alley in the United States / Spalding Athletic Library December 1892 “From time immemorial the sport of bowling has held a...
The Korean post office at Wonsan in the summer of 1901 / Charles Henry Hawes, “In the Uttermost East,” Harper & Brothers, 1903 In the summer of...
The streets of Wonsan in the late 19th century / Robert Neff Collection In the early years of the twentieth century, Wonsan was, for the most part,...
A postcard of Jemulpo in the early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection In September 1884, the Royal Oak Saloon arrived in pieces and was laboriously...
Downtown Seoul in 1968 / Robert Neff Collection Every neighborhood has its secrets. Behind the facades of clean storefronts, tastefully decorated...
Downtown Seoul in 1968 / Robert Neff Collection Every neighborhood has its secrets. Behind the facades of clean storefronts, tastefully decorated...
A postcard of Jemulpo in the early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection In September 1884, the Royal Oak Saloon arrived in pieces and was laboriously...
A view of Jemulpo in the late 19th or early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection When Sir Harry Parkes visited Jemulpo (modern-day Incheon) in the...
Dilkusha and the 400-year-old ginkgo tree in the 1920s / From an exhibit at the Seoul Museum of History in 2018 Once again, it is ginkgo season in...
Korean women in Seoul or Incheon circa 1908 / Robert Neff Collection A postcard of a Korean woman in the late 19th century / Courtesy of Diane Nars...
The innocent faces of Korean boys in the late 19th century / Robert Neff Collection Anna Northend Benjamin’s observations and venomous pen were not...
The innocent faces of Korean boys in the late 19th century / Robert Neff Collection Anna Northend Benjamin’s observations and venomous pen were not...
Korean women in Seoul or Incheon circa 1908 / Robert Neff Collection A postcard of a Korean woman in the late 19th century / Courtesy of Diane Nars...
A Western woman poses with three Korean women in the early part of the 20th century. Robert Neff Collection In 1900, Anna Northend Benjamin, a popular...
The American and British legations in Seoul at the end of the 19th century / Courtesy of Diane Nars Collection Following the establishment of the...
The port of Wonsan in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection The General Sherman, an American merchant ship, sailed up the Taedong River in August...
An engraving published in the Illustrated London News (1896) of a ship battered by a violent storm / Robert Neff Collection For many, sea travel is...
Jueul Hot Springs in the 1930s was “a world in itself.” Robert Neff Collection Over the past couple of decades, saunas (jjimjilbang), spas and hot...
Onyang Hot Springs circa 1930s / Robert Neff Collection In 1907, Thomas Sammons, the American consul in Seoul, described six of the most “notable...
Jemulpo (modern Incheon) in the late 1880s / Robert Neff Collection Homer Hulbert is arguably one of the most beloved early Westerners in Korean...
Jemulpo (modern Incheon) in the late 1880s / Robert Neff Collection Homer Hulbert is arguably one of the most beloved early Westerners in Korean...
Onyang Hot Springs circa 1930s / Robert Neff Collection In 1907, Thomas Sammons, the American consul in Seoul, described six of the most “notable...
Jueul Hot Springs in the 1930s was “a world in itself.” Robert Neff Collection Over the past couple of decades, saunas (jjimjilbang), spas and hot...
Farmers beam, picking ginseng flowers in a breeding field, published in The Korea Times Sept. 11, 1994. Korea Times Archive In the early 1900s,...
Namdaemun (South Gate) in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection What did Namdaemun and Gyeongbok Palace have in common in 1891?As part of the...
The waterfront of Jemulpo in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection The summer of 1892 was, a foreign resident in Jemulpo (modern Incheon) declared,...
Namdaemun (South Gate) in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection What did Namdaemun and Gyeongbok Palace have in common in 1891?As part of the...
The waterfront of Jemulpo in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection The summer of 1892 was, a foreign resident in Jemulpo (modern Incheon) declared,...
Farmers beam, picking ginseng flowers in a breeding field, published in The Korea Times Sept. 11, 1994. Korea Times Archive In the early 1900s,...
The port of Jemulpo circa 1910s. The Japanese foreign settlement is on the left and the Chinese foreign settlement is on the right. Robert Neff...
Busan’s bustling harbor in 1918 / Robert Neff Collection “The great heat of summer will soon be upon you,” declared Chesney Duncan in late...
A street in Fusan — possibly Benten-dori — in the 1890s / Robert Neff Collection In the winter of 1883, Percival Lowell, an American, paid a short...
Fusan in the 1890s or early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection While Jemulpo (modern Incheon) was often described in the late 19th century as the gateway...
An American seaman’s postcard of Fusan (Busan) from the early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection In the summer of 1884, an unidentified Western...
Sunset in Seoul on June 15, 2020 – at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic / Robert Neff Collection One of the least appreciated but arguably the...
An American seaman’s postcard of Fusan (Busan) from the early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection In the summer of 1884, an unidentified Western...
Fusan in the 1890s or early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection While Jemulpo (modern Incheon) was often described in the late 19th century as the gateway...
Sunset in Seoul on June 15, 2020 – at the beginning of the covid pandemic. Robert Neff Collection. One of the least appreciated but arguably the...
Gyeonghoeru Pavilion at Gyeongbok Palace. A photograph taken by Percival Lowell in early 1884. Robert Neff Collection. In late 19th century, weather...
Charles Claude Aleveque teaches French in Seoul in the late 1890s. Robert Neff Collection Korean is said to be one of the fastest-growing languages in...
The silent beauty of Daebinmyo, Jang’s tomb at Seooreung in April 2023, hides an ugly and dark past. Robert Neff Collection In 1694, Huibin Jang was...
The tales of palace intrigue are often more interesting than the buildings themselves. A postcard of the palace in the early 20th century. Robert Neff...
The silent beauty of Daebinmyo, Jang’s tomb at Seooreung in April 2023, hides an ugly and dark past. Robert Neff Collection In 1694, Huibin Jang was...
The tales of palace intrigue are often more interesting than the buildings themselves. A postcard of the palace in the early 20th century. Robert Neff...
Charles Claude Aleveque teaches French in Seoul in the late 1890s. Robert Neff Collection Korean is said to be one of the fastest-growing languages in...
Seoul and the cathedral in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection On the rainy morning of May 1, 1886, the French warship Primauguet sailed into...
Percival Lowell’s picture of a path near Seoul in the winter of 1883/84. Robert Neff Collection Darkness once ruled the nights of Seoul. During the...
Port Hamilton (Geomundo Islands) circa 1910-1920. Robert Neff Collection On February 24, 1893, the British warship, HMS Caroline, sailed along the...
The crew of an unidentified ship in the 1890s / Robert Neff Collection In early 1890, the Eastern Whaling Company was established in Yokohama, Japan....
The crew of an unidentified ship in the 1890s / Robert Neff Collection In early 1890, the Eastern Whaling Company was established in Yokohama, Japan....