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Untitled (drying noodles in central Korea)
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Photograph taken in Korea probably in 1947 or 1948 (as it appears in the first edition of Horace Bristol's book, Korea, which was published in 1948). Vintage gelatin silver print; with stamps on the back reading "Photograph by Horace Bristol" and "East-West Photographic Agency". Mid-twentieth-century street scene in central Korea with an eighty-two year-old gentleman in traditional garb (white robe and black, horse-hair hat) and a man drying newly made noodles.
Rights: © Horace Bristol Estate
Department of Photographs
[Penumbra Photographs Guilford CT] sold; to Robert D. Mowry (2004-2020) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums 2020.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Robert D. Mowry
Title: Untitled (drying noodles in central Korea)
Description:
Photograph taken in Korea probably in 1947 or 1948 (as it appears in the first edition of Horace Bristol's book, Korea, which was published in 1948).
Vintage gelatin silver print; with stamps on the back reading "Photograph by Horace Bristol" and "East-West Photographic Agency".
Mid-twentieth-century street scene in central Korea with an eighty-two year-old gentleman in traditional garb (white robe and black, horse-hair hat) and a man drying newly made noodles.
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