July 05, 2011 Comments 1,072 notes Korea Sailors 1900s Photography Badasses History
hidden-midden: therealericchoi: hanguknamja: okhairy: Korean Boatman (c. 1904) via Cornell University Library I know Korean hipsters who’d like to achieve this look. Somehow they don’t quite rock the top-knot, goatee, and sackcloth peasant garb the way this guy does. I will one day be this awesome. Fucking badass.

hidden-midden:

therealericchoi:

hanguknamja:

okhairy:

Korean Boatman (c. 1904) via Cornell University Library

I know Korean hipsters who’d like to achieve this look. Somehow they don’t quite rock the top-knot, goatee, and sackcloth peasant garb the way this guy does.

I will one day be this awesome.

Fucking badass.

(Source: okhairy, via likesaltedearth)

June 18, 2011 Comments 99 notes Burkhara Uzbekistan Asia 1900s Photography Central Asia
girlyfolk: prawnmael: turnofthecentury: Emir Seyyid Mir Mohammed Alim Khan, the Emir of Bukhara, seated holding a sword in Bukhara, (present-day Uzbekistan) - Prokudin-Gorskii - c. 1910. (Prokudin-Gorskii Collection/LOC) via Boston.com

girlyfolk:

prawnmael:

turnofthecentury:

Emir Seyyid Mir Mohammed Alim Khan, the Emir of Bukhara, seated holding a sword in Bukhara, (present-day Uzbekistan) - Prokudin-Gorskii - c. 1910.

(Prokudin-Gorskii Collection/LOC)

via Boston.com