Statue of first Protestant missionary unveiled in Korea.

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STATUE OF FIRST PROTESTANT MlSSIONARY UNVEILED IN KOREA

SEOUL, KOREA -- STATUE OF THE LATE DR. HORACE

GRANT UNDERWOOD, FIRST PROTESTANT MISSIONARY TO

KOREA AND FOUNDER OF CHOSEN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, IS

UNVEILED ON COLLEGE GROUNDS. SHOWN SPEAKING FROM

THE ROSTRUM IN FRONT OF STATUE IS DR. SYNGMAN

RHEE, PRESIDENT OF KOREA.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GF-SEO-11B-8-JOG-P)

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Title: Statue of first Protestant missionary unveiled in Korea.
Description: Statue of Dr. Horace Grant Underwood unveiled at Chosen Christian College.
Date: 1948
ca. October 1948
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Yŏnhŭi Chŏnmun Hakkyo.
Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965.
Underwood, Horace Grant, 1859-1916.--Statues.
Topics: Missions--Korea--Seoul.
Christian universities and colleges--Korea--Seoul.
Statues--Korea--Seoul.
Presidents--Korea--Seoul.
Geographic subject: Korea
Seoul.
Seoul (Korea)
Asia--South Korea----------Seoul----
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Geographic subject: Seoul (Korea)
Form: photographs
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7883; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7883
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:148391