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Title
A roadside boogie, Peng Yang, Korea, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
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 roadside boogie - Road god worshiped as protection against devils along the highway. Until recently, Korea possessed no highways worthy of the name - but since advent of Jap government an extensive plan of road construction was drawn up & put into execution." Four boys dressed in white point to the roadside totem.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
10 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15948 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-Korea-004-09-001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15948
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-Korea-004-09-001.jpg
Subject
Boys
Roads
Totems
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Asia
Korea
administrative areas: Peng Yang
Source
MKL/Korea/004/09/001 [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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