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Letters from the Past: Fred Dustin's snapshot of Jeju Island in 1975

An American hunter on Jeju Island in the late 1950s / Robert Neff Collection Old letters are treasured windows into the past. They lack the brutal...

12.01.2025 30

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Italian prospector sails into Korea's tempest of 1885

Jemulpo in the early 1900s / Courtesy of Diane Nars Collection On Nov. 25, 1885, Signor Luigi sailed into Jemulpo (modern Incheon) harbor aboard...

01.01.2025 2

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Hulbert’s gift to Korea

Hwangwonjeong Pavilion and Geoncheong at Gyeongbok Palace in December 2012 / Robert Neff Collection Homer Hulbert arrived in Jemulpo (now part of...

01.01.2025 6

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Hulbert's gift to Korea

Hwangwonjeong Pavilion and Geoncheong at Gyeongbok Palace in December 2012 / Robert Neff Collection Homer Hulbert arrived in Jemulpo (now part of...

26.12.2024 10

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Italian prospector sails into Korea's tempest of 1885

Jemulpo in the early 1900s / Courtesy of Diane Nars Collection On Nov. 25, 1885, Signor Luigi sailed into Jemulpo (modern Incheon) harbor aboard...

16.12.2024 5

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John Andrew Clinton: A knife's legacy in 19th century Korea

Jemulpo harbor in the late 19th or early 20th century / Courtesy of Diane Nars Collection The keys that unlock the past are often humble items —...

09.12.2024 10

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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...

30.11.2024 3

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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...

17.11.2024 3

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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...

09.11.2024 30

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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 4

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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...

31.10.2024 1

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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 2

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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...

27.10.2024 4

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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...

13.10.2024 3

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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 4

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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 3

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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 2

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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...

30.09.2024 2

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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...

23.09.2024 5

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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...

22.09.2024 4

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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...

15.09.2024 3

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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...

14.09.2024 5

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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...

08.09.2024 3

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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 1

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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...

31.08.2024 3

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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...

31.08.2024 2

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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...

31.08.2024 2

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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...

31.08.2024 6

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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 6

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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...

17.08.2024 10

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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 1

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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 2

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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)...

31.07.2024 2

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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...

28.07.2024 20

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Robert Neff

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)...

27.07.2024 2

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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 10

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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 1

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