From Pyongyang to Seoul, these vintage photographs serve as windows to the past, giving us a glimpse of Korea before its 38th parallel separation.
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2. Playing traditional Korean chess called janggi – ca. 1903
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3. Pounding rice in Seoul – ca. 1903
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4. Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea – ca. 1910
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5. Dongdaemun (East Gate): ‘Originally called ‘Heung-injimun’ (‘Gate of Uplifting Mercy’) – ca. 1904
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6. Aeryon Hall, Pyongyang, North Korea – ca. 1910
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7. Cheomseongdae, Gyeongju, South Korea – ca. 1920
8. Myeongdong, Seoul, South Korea – ca. 1920
9. Grass house on a hill
10. Dongdaemun, Seoul, South Korea
11. Pyongyang, North Korea – ca. 1910-1930
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13. Seoul, South Korea – ca. 1899 – 1900
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14. Great East Gate, Seoul, South Korea – ca. 1930
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15. Taedongmun Street, Pyongyang, North Korea – ca. 1910
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16. Yongmyong Temple, Pyongyang, North Korea – ca. 1930
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17. Sogwang Temple, Kangwon, North Korea – ca. 1920
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18. Two people taking a break sitting on dangganjiju (Buddhist stone structures) – ca. 1914
19. Pavilion in Gyeongbuk-gong, Seoul, South Korea – ca. 1882
20. Outside the old palace wall around Seoul, looking toward Nam San – ca. 1882
21. Jangseung or Spirit totems
22. Church during the Early Japanese Colonial Period
23. Botandai, Morandae, Pyongyang, North Korea
24. Rear Standing Rock Beach, “Sea Diamond Korea”
25. Geunjeongjeon Hall, the throne hall at Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul – ca. 1900
26. Communal wells – ca. 1904
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27. 1st streetcar in Seoul – ca. 1890
28. Young women play on a seesaw – ca. 1931
29. Korean girls with umbrellas/parasols – ca. 1900
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30. Along the Han River at Yung San, a logging town near Seoul – ca. 1903
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