러일전쟁시기에 종군기자 잭 런던이 찍은 조선의 사진들 4

Title	Korea
Call Number	JLP 447 Alb. 9
Date	approximately 1900
Description	Album is bound in textured black material. The number "9" is embossed in gold in the center of the cover. Number "9" is also affixed to spine with glue.Contains photographs taken by Jack London while on assignment to cover the Russo-Japanese War.

Notes	Slight wear on spine. The photographs in this album appear to be for the most part commercially produced for tourist trade and sale to newspapers. Not taken by London.
Physical Description	1 photograph album; 100 pages; 18 x 26 cm
Subject	London, Jack, 1876-1916. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. War correspondents.
Genre	Photograph albums. (aat)

Department	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department
Physical Collection	Jack London Collection
Digital Collection	Jack London Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library
Finding Aid/Guide to Collection	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8q2nb2xs

잭 런던은 샌프란시스코 이그제미너의 러일전쟁 취재요청에 응해서 증기선을 타고 (1) 일본 잠입 취재 (2) 부산 일본 전진기지 잠입취재 (3) 조선 제물포 잠입취재등 무려 7년여에 걸처 3차례를 일본과 조선을 방문하여 취재를 합니다. 취재기간 동안 일본군의 명령을 어겨가면서도 나름데로 구석구석 취재를 했습니다. 그 덕에 일본군에게 2번씩이나 체포되고 구금되어 루즈벨트 대통령이 외교적으로 손을 써서 풀려나기 까지 했지요. 더군다나 잭런던은 샌프란시스코 만 건너편 유시 버클리 옆동네 오클랜드에 본부를 둔 미국 사회주의 단체의 창설자중에 한명이기도 합니다. 그 단체는 미국 공산당의 모체가 된 단체입니다. 잭런던의 취재는 객관성을 가지고 단순 취재를 했다고 봐야 합니다.
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잭 런던(Jack London)은 1876년에 샌프란시스코에서 친부의 낙태권유를 뚫고 태어납니다. 엄마는 플로라 웰맨(Flora Wellman)으로 팬실바니아 커넬을 만든 마샬 웰맨의 막내딸로 골드러쉬로 샌프란시스코에서 와서 성공을 거둔 여장부입니다. 잭 런던의 친부는 윌리럼 체니(William Chaney)인데 1906년 대지진때 기록이 소실되어 법적으로도 부부였는지는 알수가 없습니다. 엄마가 존 런던과 재혼하여 양부의 성을 따르게 되었습니다. 잭 런던이 유시 버클리 대학생 시절에는 친부 윌리럼 체니가 생부임을 부정하는 편지로 상처를 입고 대학을 때려치우고 금광탐험을 하여 성공합니다.
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잭 런던이 쓴 유명한 소설로는 'The Call of the Wild', 'White Fang', 'The Sea-Wolf', 'The Iron Heel', 'Martin Eden' 등이 있습니다. 소노마 카운티에 아름다운 농장을 소유했지만 수많은 여행에서 얻은 각종 질병과 술병으로 1916년 12월 22일 조용히 숨을 거두었습니다. 많은 논평가들이 잭 런던이 자살했네 어쩌네 하는데 그건 다 뻥입니다. 또 가난했다고 뻥도 치는데 그것도 거짓말입니다. 금광으로 거부가 되엇고 자신의 재산을 동물구호 운동과 사회주의 활동에 기부하여 오클랜드가 미국 공산주의의 메카로 만든 사람입니다.
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Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author best known for his fiction about California, Alaska, and the Pacific. His novel The Call of the Wild is among the most internationally popular works by an American. An autodidact, he directed his thirst for knowledge toward several passions, including sailing, ranching, and photography. He traveled widely, to Hawaii and throughout the South Pacific, through California, Oregon, Nevada, to Korea during the Russo-Japanese war, Mexico during the Mexican Civil War, and London, England, experiences which are reflected in his writing and his photographs.

p. 51 - A group of men stand in a row, all but one holding a bow and arrow. They wear traditional white clothing and black hats. Two hats are hung on the brick wall behind them.

p. 52 - Dozens of large clay pots set outside a building housing a row market stalls. Signs with Korean lettering hang from the front.

p. 53 - Two met sit across from each other on the ground playing checkers. They both smoke long, thin pipes and wear hair in topknots. They sit amid foliage and flowers in front of a low wall.

p. 54 - Building flues under floor of Korean house. Two laborers stand amid a house under construction. They both smoke long, thin pipes. The heating mechanism under the floor is exposed.

p. 55 - A laborer carries an immense pile of wooden tables on his back, attached to an a-frame backpack and brace around his waist. He bends over slightly and looks into camera.

p. 56 - A man wearing traditional white clothing and a "gat" style hat, sits astride a donkey. Another young man wearing white headband, stands next to them.

p. 57 - wo laborers. The man on the right stands sideways to the camera, and carries a large bundle of vegetables on his back on an a-frame backpack. The man on the left is facing the camera. He is shirtless and holds a few vegetables in one hand.

p. 58 - A man wearing traditional white clothing and a white hat, holds a large "sagat" style straw hat in one hand. He holds a short pipe in his other hand, and looks toward camera. He stands in front of a wooden fence.

p. 59 - Making bricks. Three laborers stand around a wooden trough. The man on the left holds a woven basket to the trough. The men on the right and in the center, both hold wooden poles in the trough. They are in a rural area, with a tile-roof building behind them.

p. 60 - Piles of vegetables sit on the ground in an open marketplace. Men and children sit and stand in groups around the vegetables. In the background, market stalls and other pedestrians are scattered along the market road.

p. 61 - Two laborers hold up a "gama" or litter. A young person inside leans out the window. A woman stands in front of the gama. Behind them is a row of potted plants.

p. 62 - Korean cooper. A man and a child sit on the ground, loops of wood lean on a brick wall behind them. The man smokes a long, thin pipe and shaves strips from a plank of wood. A finished barrel sits to the right.

p. 63 - Korean restaurant. A woman with her back toward camera, sits on a straw mat, tending to iron pots and bowls. A man to her right crouches on the ground, eating out of a bowl with chopsticks. Two children sit on the ground on either side, and above them, several other people sit and stand on a rock ledge.

p. 64 - An ox with a wooden yoke over its neck, stands in road next to a two-wheeled cart. on the right, a fence and houses along the road. Pedestrians and other carts in the background.

p. 65 - A long wooden frame, with rope strung between the top and bottom, is propped up in the middle of the road. Two children sit behind it and a man works with some material on the frame. Behind them is a row of shop fronts, to the left, a woman carrying a large pot on her head.

p. 66 - Making thatch. Two adults and one child sit in a covered enclosure, surrounded by bundles of straw. They each work on a different section of a piece of thatch that covers a large area in front of them. A dog stands on the left.

p. 67 - An ox tied into a wood frame shoeing sling. on the right, one man stands, holding onto a rope from the sling. A second man crouches on the ground, holding the ox's foot up.

p. 68 - Three men stand a dirt field. The man in the middle is bent over, using a slat of wood to dig something out of the ground. The men on either side of him hold ropes leading to same place on the ground. Behind them is a stone wall and the tile roof of a building.

p. 69 - A market stall with shoes, smoking pipes, and other items on display. on the left, a man sits in stall and smokes a long, thin pipe. on the right, three men tend the shop, one of them smoking.

p. 70 - Fish peddler. A market stall with dried fish and an array of other items on display, on a flat board in front, and hanging on lines inside. Three men tend the stall. one wears a "gat" style hat and smokes a long, thin pipe. Two others stand and sit, looking toward camera.

p. 71 - Grain merchant. A group of wide, shallow baskets displayed in front of a market stall. A few deeper baskets and some folded baskets sit to the left. Three men stand in the opening of the stall, a few are stand among the baskets.

p. 72 - An ox rests on the ground in front of a wood and stone building. It has a woven straw and wooden pack saddle on its back. To the right, three children and a dog peek out of an open doorway.

p. 73 - Coolies. Four laborers stand in a row, each facing a different direction, displaying varying views of their a-frame backpacks. Two carry large, woven baskets, another a bundle of straw mats. All smoke long, thin pipes.

p. 74 - Shoe peddler. A man carries a large load of woven, straw shoes on an a-frame backpack. He smokes a pipe, and is slightly bent over, leaning on a walking stick. He stands next to a tree trunk, and behind him is a stone wall.

p. 75 - Flour mill making rice flour. Two men and a woman in ragged clothing, hold long wooden clubs over a wooden tub. The woman carries an infant on her back. They stand in front of an open, thatched roof building.

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