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Summary
Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library
Title: [Bullock loaded with fire wood]
Date: ca. 1904
Place: Asia: South Korea
Type: Photographs
Description: This magnificent bullock is shown loaded with fire wood. Bullocks or pony-drawn carts carried wood or grass for household fires. Wood fagots were used as fuel for cooking and heating 'ondol' (underfloor heating system) brick or stone floors which are covered with strong waxed paper. Cows or oxen used to be very important (and expensive) assets for farming. Oxen or bullocks were also used in transportion and road works.
Identifier: 1260.57.27.02
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