Nice Carts Firewood photos

A couple of nice carts firewood images I identified:

[Firewood market scene]


Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library

Title: [Firewood market place scene]

Date: ca. 1904

Place: Asia: South Korea

Kind: Photographs

Description: Bullock or pony-drawn carts, loaded with firewood or grass for household fires, filing via the streets. Wood fagots were employed as fuel for cooking and heating ‘ondol’, the conventional Korean underfloor heating method, which was contructed of brick or stone floors, covered with sturdy waxed paper.

Identifier: 1260.57.71.02

Persistent URI: http://hdl.manage.net/1813.001/5xkx

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Donkey Carts of Firewood


Image by natekoechley

Firewood For Sale


Image by natekoechley
Bunches of twigs and sticks had been one particular of the sights that for some reason reminded me of life centuries ago.