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Summary
Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library
Title: Pagoda Park in Seoul, Corea
Date: ca. 1904
Place: Asia: South Korea; Seoul
Type: Postcards/Ephemera
Description: Pagoda Park in Seoul, Korea. The thirteen- story stone pagoda, which is seen at the back of the picture, was 'sent from China as a gift from a Chinese emperor to his daughter when she married a Korean king, perpaps in the twelfth century'. The site is also known as 'Tapgol' Park. It was built as the first modernized park in Korea in 1897 by J.M. Brown, a British counselor to the 'Taehanjeguk' (I.e. Korea). The site was originally a Buddhist temple named 'Heungboksa' in the Koryo era and 'Wongaksa' in the Choson Dynasty, respectively. Sources: Old Seoul by Keith Pratt, 2002. City Facts, Seoul Metropolitan Government, web site english.metro.seoul.kr/visitors/toppic/parks/tapgol/index...
Inscription/Marks: Inscription imprinted on image: 'Pagoda Park in Seoul, Corea'
Identifier: 1260.74.07.10
1813.001/5xr6
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.
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