Keywords: Dirt pounding, Seoul 1903.jpg en At least 15 guys here moving on cue to pull ropes that lift a heavy rock high in the air similar to blanket-tossing someone When the flat-bottomed rock hits its high point they pull hard again and the thing slams down and supposedly packs the dirt You are looking East to the city wall we are outside in the suburbs here The building in the background just over the wall is the French Legation Photo by HERBERT G PONTING 1903 1903 https //www flickr com/photos/okinawa-soba/2422811790/in/album-72157604582452397/ Herbert Ponting other versions Custom license marker 2015 06 22 PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Herbert Ponting Seoul in the 1900s People of the Korean Empire |