Four pieces of ancient Corean type

These various pieces of Korean movable type from 1434, 1455, 1700, and 1795, were presented to the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.

Publication date: 1933-10-29

Size: 8 x 22.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Philadelphia (Pa.)

Subject(s):

• Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Exhibitions & displays--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1930-1940
• Korean type--1430-1800

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 29, 1933), Graphic Section/Camera News Review, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)