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Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.163, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known ...
Views on the way to Kumhwa Valley, 1952-1953
Gift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield, 2022.32.163, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Views on the way to Kumhwa Valley, 1952-1953

Photographer (American, 1929 - 2020)
Date1952-1953
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robin Harding and Karen Warfield
Object number2022.32.163-.179
DescriptionColor mounted slides of views on the way to Kumhwa Valley during the Korean War, 1952-1953.

(.163) Landscape view of rice paddies near Seoul. The bottom half of the image is the flooded fields where the rice grows. In the background, there are two mountains with green leaf trees all around it.

(.164) Tents in a military camp in front of high-rise hills.

(.165) Landscape view of a wide dirt road to Kumhwa overlooking the military camp. Vehicles are seen driving on the dirt road and parked next to camp tents. In the background are fields and mountains.

(.166) Landscape view of a military camp. Vehicles with the American Red Cross symbol on the roof are parked next to tents. Mountains are seen in the background.

(.167) Landscape view of an airstrip on a field in between mountains and green trees.

(.168) Landscape view of a wide dirt road to Kumhwa overlooking the military camp. Vehicles are seen driving on the dirt road and parked next to camp tents. In the background are fields and mountains.

(.169) Landscape view overlooking the military camp. Camp tents are seen in the bottom of the image.

(.170) Landscape view of a wide dirt road to Kumhwa overlooking the military camp. Vehicles are seen driving on the dirt road and parked next to camp tents.

(.171) Landscape view of a field and mountains on a foggy day.

(.172) A military helicopter being loaded by uniformed soldiers with steel helmets.

(.173) Landscape view of a Korean village on the way to Seoul. Rice paddies are at the bottom of the mountains. On the bottom left of the image are probably houses for the village.

(.174) A patient being loaded into a helicopter by two uniformed soldiers.

(.175) A soldier airborne in a helicopter.

(.176) Landscape view of a military camp in front of mountains in Kumhwa Valley. Tents and vehicles are seen in the camp.

(.177) A back view of military officers walking in the camp. Tents are sitting on the right.

(.178-.179) Burning of a Korean farmhouse. Flames and smoke fill the sky as the fire destroys most of the building.
Status
Not on view
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