Women are shown washing laundry in the stream running through a side street. In traditional Korean society it was common for women washing laundry in the open. Drinking water, on the other hand, for commoners was supplied mainly from communal wells, except for some 'yangban' (aristocratic) households that had their own. Source: Kim, Chewon. Seoul, 1969. (This Beautiful World ; v. 2)
Subject:
Laundry
Subject:
Labor
Subject:
Streams
Subject:
Working class
Format:
Collodion print
Format:
Image: 3.937 x 5.5118 in.
Format:
10 x 14 cm
Coverage:
Asia: South Korea
Source:
Willard Dickerman Straight papers, 1825-1925
Source:
Rare & Manuscript Collections: University Archives
