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Title
Portrait of a Korean scholar, Korea, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of a scholar seated in front of a painted folding screen. In front of him is a small, low table on which sits two small chests connected with rope. He is dressed in white and wears a transparent hat with many points. "For every thousand characters known, the scholar gets a peak on his hat."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
15 x 10 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57386 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-Korea-010-10-007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57386
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-Korea-010-10-007.jpg
Subject
Men
Scholars
Portraits
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Asia
Korea
Source
MKL/Korea/010/10/007 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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