1966 South Korea in Pictures
Posted by GwangJu (at 2010/07/20 08:23)
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with Kathryn McNeil. I've known Kathryn for about five years. Throughout the years, she has worked hard to bring a very important set of historical photos to the attention of the Korean people.
Kathryn's brother, Gary Helsene, was stationed in South Korea in 1966 with the Army Corp. of Engineers. Helense was drafted into the military right out of high school. Because he had experience climbing electric poles and stringing electrical wire, he was assigned to work with the reconstruction efforts in Korea rather than being a foot-soldier in Vietnam. Lucky for us as he was able to bring the Korea of over forty years ago to the present generations in order to help them learn more about their past.
Kathryn's brother, Gary Helsene, was stationed in South Korea in 1966 with the Army Corp. of Engineers. Helense was drafted into the military right out of high school. Because he had experience climbing electric poles and stringing electrical wire, he was assigned to work with the reconstruction efforts in Korea rather than being a foot-soldier in Vietnam. Lucky for us as he was able to bring the Korea of over forty years ago to the present generations in order to help them learn more about their past.
Gary Helsene, 1966
Farmhouse
Floodgate at Hwaseong Fortress
Woman Getting Water
High School Students
Shores of the Han River
Namdaemun Market
Near Seoul Station
Taking Rice to Market
Overlooking Seoul
Seoul City Hall
Lonely Well
Kathryn will be giving a talk at the Gwangju International Center this weekend to discuss and display the slides that her brother has taken. She hopes to get through about one hundred and twenty of the pictures during the presentation. If you have any interest in Korea and what life was like only a few short decades ago please take to time to visit the GIC. The talk starts at 3pm this Saturday.
You can also see more of the photos at Kathryn's Flickr page found here.
ALL PHOTOS ARE THE PROPERTY OF KATHRYN R. MCNEIL. DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION.
::: Comments :::
These are really cool! Thanks for sharing!
Pictures are beautiful and wram! It looks like still cuts of film.
Thanks for sharing.