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Postcard
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photomechanical postcard of Namdaemun, Seoul with lavender stripes and figure of Korean man on front.

Object details

Object type
TitlePostcard
Materials and techniques
Photomechanical print
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. Photomechanical postcard of Namdaemun, Seoul with lavender stripes. 97/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
Photomechanical postcard of Namdaemun, Seoul with lavender stripes and figure of Korean man on front.
Marks and inscriptions
Front (right edge): 'クワ イル チャンサー / 果物賣' Front (top right): '京城南大門' Back (top centre): 'CARTE POSTALE' / 'TRADE MARK' words separated by rising sun motif Back (top right): 'HINODE / SEOUL' Back (right edge): '郵便はかき' Back (centre): 'HINODE-SHOKO SEOUL KOREA'
Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
Accession number
FE.173-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
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