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Rolling through time: A history of bowling in Korea

A 19th century bowling alley in the United States / Spalding Athletic Library December 1892 “From time immemorial the sport of bowling has held a...

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Wonsan - A stamp of disapproval: Part 2

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...

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Wonsan: A stamp of disapproval: Part 1

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,...

02.11.2024 20

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British consulate in Jemulpo: Bar with a view (2)

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...

31.10.2024 20

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Secrets within the walls

Downtown Seoul in 1968 / Robert Neff Collection Every neighborhood has its secrets. Behind the facades of clean storefronts, tastefully decorated...

31.10.2024 20

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Robert Neff

Secrets within the walls

Downtown Seoul in 1968 / Robert Neff Collection Every neighborhood has its secrets. Behind the facades of clean storefronts, tastefully decorated...

27.10.2024 20

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Robert Neff

British consulate in Jemulpo: Bar with a view (2)

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...

13.10.2024 50

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British consulate in Jemulpo: Bar with a view (1)

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...

12.10.2024 50

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The curse of the ginkgo

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...

05.10.2024 40

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Korean women's clothing in the past: A mark of honor

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...

30.09.2024 20

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A boy's life in Joseon

The innocent faces of Korean boys in the late 19th century / Robert Neff Collection Anna Northend Benjamin’s observations and venomous pen were not...

30.09.2024 20

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Robert Neff

A boy's life in Joseon

The innocent faces of Korean boys in the late 19th century / Robert Neff Collection Anna Northend Benjamin’s observations and venomous pen were not...

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Robert Neff

Korean women's clothing in the past: A mark of honor

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...

22.09.2024 40

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A view of Korean women in 1900

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...

15.09.2024 40

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Diplomatic smuggling in Joseon

The American and British legations in Seoul at the end of the 19th century / Courtesy of Diane Nars Collection Following the establishment of the...

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The Sherman's voyage to tiger-infested Wonsan

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...

08.09.2024 50

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Shipwrecked in 1889

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...

07.09.2024 30

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Hot springs of the past: Korea's north

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...

31.08.2024 9

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Hot springs of the past: Korea's south

Onyang Hot Springs circa 1930s / Robert Neff Collection In 1907, Thomas Sammons, the American consul in Seoul, described six of the most “notable...

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Hulbert's memories of the past

Jemulpo (modern Incheon) in the late 1880s / Robert Neff Collection Homer Hulbert is arguably one of the most beloved early Westerners in Korean...

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Hulbert's memories of the past

Jemulpo (modern Incheon) in the late 1880s / Robert Neff Collection Homer Hulbert is arguably one of the most beloved early Westerners in Korean...

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Robert Neff

Hot springs of the past: Korea's south

Onyang Hot Springs circa 1930s / Robert Neff Collection In 1907, Thomas Sammons, the American consul in Seoul, described six of the most “notable...

18.08.2024 40

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Robert Neff

Hot springs of the past: Korea's north

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...

17.08.2024 70

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Ginseng, 'the great panacea for all ills'

Farmers beam, picking ginseng flowers in a breeding field, published in The Korea Times Sept. 11, 1994. Korea Times Archive In the early 1900s,...

31.07.2024 10

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New bill for old problem in 1891

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...

31.07.2024 10

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Beating the summer heat in 1892

The waterfront of Jemulpo in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection The summer of 1892 was, a foreign resident in Jemulpo (modern Incheon) declared,...

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Robert Neff

New bill for old problem in 1891

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...

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Beating the summer heat in 1892

The waterfront of Jemulpo in the early 1900s / Robert Neff Collection The summer of 1892 was, a foreign resident in Jemulpo (modern Incheon) declared,...

27.07.2024 30

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Robert Neff

Ginseng, 'the great panacea for all ills'

Farmers beam, picking ginseng flowers in a breeding field, published in The Korea Times Sept. 11, 1994. Korea Times Archive In the early 1900s,...

20.07.2024 30

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Photographs and memories: The Lay family

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...

13.07.2024 30

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Busan in 1884: A tourist hotspot (Part 3 - Not for the fastidious)

Busan’s bustling harbor in 1918 / Robert Neff Collection “The great heat of summer will soon be upon you,” declared Chesney Duncan in late...

07.07.2024 40

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Busan in 1884: A tourist hotspot (Part 2 - Food, drink and bad company)

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...

06.07.2024 20

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Ting Hick & Co. in land of morning calm

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...

30.06.2024 10

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Busan in 1884: A tourist hotspot (Part 1 - Hunting and Swimming)

An American seaman’s postcard of Fusan (Busan) from the early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection In the summer of 1884, an unidentified Western...

30.06.2024 20

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Joseon’s red sky

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...

30.06.2024 20

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Robert Neff

Busan in 1884: A tourist hotspot (Part 1 - Hunting and Swimming)

An American seaman’s postcard of Fusan (Busan) from the early 20th century / Robert Neff Collection In the summer of 1884, an unidentified Western...

30.06.2024 40

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Robert Neff

Ting Hick & Co. in land of morning calm

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...

29.06.2024 30

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Joseon's red sky

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...

16.06.2024 30

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King Taejong's mortal reign ended with rain

Gyeonghoeru Pavilion at Gyeongbok Palace. A photograph taken by Percival Lowell in early 1884. Robert Neff Collection. In late 19th century, weather...

15.06.2024 30

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Battle of the Languages: French and English

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...

31.05.2024 10

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Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang: Magic (Part 2)

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...

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Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang: Jangdari (Part 1)

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...

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Robert Neff

Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang: Magic (Part 2)

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...

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Robert Neff

Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang: Jangdari (Part 1)

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...

26.05.2024 40

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Battle of the Languages: French and English

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...

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French-Korean Treaty of 1886: a religious hotbed

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...

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Bonghwadae: Legacy of the Mountain

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...

05.05.2024 30

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Alien lights in the sky over Jeju

Port Hamilton (Geomundo Islands) circa 1910-1920. Robert Neff Collection On February 24, 1893, the British warship, HMS Caroline, sailed along the...

04.05.2024 60

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The luck of the Narwhal in Korea: Part 2

The crew of an unidentified ship in the 1890s / Robert Neff Collection In early 1890, the Eastern Whaling Company was established in Yokohama, Japan....

30.04.2024 20

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The luck of the Narwhal in Korea: Part 2

The crew of an unidentified ship in the 1890s / Robert Neff Collection In early 1890, the Eastern Whaling Company was established in Yokohama, Japan....

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