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Scarce Korea Postcard of Destroyed South Gate.

May 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Korea, history, photography, postcard
b/w vintage postcard from South Korea depicting a tram and workers in front of the South gate. Unused, very fine condition. The Southgate, Namdaemun, made of wood and stone with a two-tiered, pagoda-shaped tiled roof, was completed in 1398 and served as the main southern entrance to Seoul, which was then a walled city. It was the oldest wooden structure in Seoul, an iconic reminder of old