[KS] Old photos

[Robert Armstrong]

I have found through my own collection of accounts that it was fairly 
common, especially in the countryside, to see women during the late Choson 
period with their breasts revealed.  I think, other than a few Western 
travelers and seamen, that it was generally just accepted as someone said - 
part of the scenery.

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>I have often tried asking people about similar pictures and have met with 
>denial. One thing I have discovered is that young children, occasionally 
>photographed with no trousers or pants on, were thereby free to do their 
>'business' (go to the toilet) at will. I have also come across a style of 
>trouser for young kids - the name escapes me now - where the back was 
>completely split open such that if they sqatted down, they could then do 
>their 'business.' Quite clever really. I mean, we have zippers at the front 
>don't we ... so why not the back!
>
>As regards the pic in question, I heard the short jacket tops were 
>convenient for breast-feeding. Maybe that is the tradition hiding behind 
>the woman's short top.
>
>Rupert Atkinson
>AKS
>
> >    1. Question on colonial photography  (Pai hyungil)
>  Today, I also found an
> > illustrated journal dating to 1911, of a Korean market
> > scene in full color with a main figure of a woman walking
> > down the road carrying a water jar with exposed breasts.
>

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