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Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library Title: [Korean porter with wicker chair on back] Date: ca. 1904 Place: Asia: South Korea Type: Photographs Description: 'The human porter who was the most ubiquitous carrier of heavy loads, the A-frame on his back piled high with wood, vegetables, fish, seaweed, bamboo, paper, or pots and pans. It was said that a man could lift up to 250 lbs. with ease and 300 lbs. with assistance. With 100 lbs. on his back he could average thirty miles a day.' This porter, standing beside the railway tracks, is perhaps just waiting for work. Source: Pratt, Keith. Old Seoul, 2002, p. 36. Identifier: 1260.61.081.03 Persistent URI: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5xpv There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source. We had some help with the geocoding from Web Services by Yahoo! |
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