[Porter carrying clay pots strapped to A-frame on his back]
A few nice make a website images I found:
[Porter carrying clay pots strapped to A-frame on his back]
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library
Title: [Porter carrying clay pots strapped to A-frame on his back]
Date: ca. 1904
Place: Asia: South Korea
Type: Photographs
Description: This porter carries more than 12 various-sized clay pots, stacked safely in his A-frame. These jars, called a ‘siru’, were an important part of daily life. They were used to steam rice cakes. ‘The jars are made in special kilns through a method of reduction: flames and air are mixed into a fierce heat. Pine twigs are used to keep the flames intense, and the kiln’s smokestack and fuel-hole are closed to intensify the heat. The clay ware controls the humidity and helps purify the jars.’ Source: Website www.lifeinkorea.com/Images/ tools/kimch508.jpg (viewed May 9, 2003) ‘The human porter who was the most ubiquitous carrier of heavy loads, the A-frame on his back piled high with wood, vegetables, fish, seaweed, bamboo, paper, or pots and pans. It was said that a man could lift up to 250 lbs. with ease and 300 lbs. with assistance. With 100 lbs. on his back he could average thirty miles a day.’ Source: Pratt, Keith. Old Seoul, 2002, p. 36.
Inscription/Marks: No inscription
Identifier: 1260.60.09.41.01
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5xn4
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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Black Crested Cormorants
Image by Oregon State University Archives
Image Title: Black Crested Cormorants
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Cormorants are birds between two and three feet in length, with an elongated, powerful body, short stout legs and a rather long neck. The plumage is very compact and usually dark-colored and glossy with greenish or bluish green reflections. the head is often crested and during the nesting season the head and neck are often ornamented with more or less conspicuous plumes of slender hair-like feathers which disappear after the breeding season is over.
Cormorants are sociable birds, often congregating in flocks of immense size. Some of the others make their home in inland swamps and marshes. they feed exclusively on fishes, which they are extremely dexterous in capturing."
Original Format: Lantern slides
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 039 035
Restrictions: Permission to use must be obtained from the OSU Archives.
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Penguins
Image by Oregon State University Archives
Image Title: Penguins
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "These are flightless birds, of moderate size. The wings are reduced in size and modified by the flattening and consolidation of the bones until the product is a perfect swimming paddle, for which purpose they are exclusively used. These birds are expert swimmers and divers, but unlike most other aquatic birds, they make no use of the feet in swimming beyond employing them as a rudder.
They are, perhaps, most abundant in species in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands, but they are common about New Zealand and the west shore of Australia."
Original Format: Lantern slides
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 039 036
Restrictions: Permission to use must be obtained from the OSU Archives.
Click here to view The Best of the Archives.
Click here to view Oregon State University’s other digital collections.
We’re happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the OSU Archives website.
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