Comments on: Photos of Korea from the mid-1960s http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142402 sewing Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:20:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142402 Richard: The streetcars were gone by '68 or '69, which is why you didn't see them when you were there. Gillian, Sonagi: Thanks for these photos! Richard: The streetcars were gone by ‘68 or ‘69, which is why you didn’t see them when you were there.

Gillian, Sonagi: Thanks for these photos!

]]> By: Richard http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142384 Richard Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:25:23 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142384 I arrived in Korea in 1971 and all the photos bring back memories, though I confess i don't remember any trolley cars. Black jeeps everywhere, Koreans wearing komoshins (rubber shoes), ox carts in the middle of traffic pulling incredible loads of assorted goods. A-Frames... Thanks Gillian..more please I arrived in Korea in 1971 and all the photos bring back memories, though I confess i don’t remember any trolley cars.
Black jeeps everywhere, Koreans wearing komoshins (rubber shoes), ox carts in the middle of traffic pulling incredible
loads of assorted goods. A-Frames…
Thanks Gillian..more please

]]> By: Korea Photos - 1966 « GUANO ISLAND http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142345 Korea Photos - 1966 « GUANO ISLAND Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:09:03 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142345 [...] [ht marmot’s hole] [...] [...] [ht marmot’s hole] [...]

]]> By: kpmsprtd http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142279 kpmsprtd Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:53:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142279 Thanks for all your hard work, Gillian. It is a fascinating slide show. Thanks for all your hard work, Gillian. It is a fascinating slide show.

]]> By: The_William_G http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142241 The_William_G Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:48:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142241 Though it makes yah think... All of those images of the current urban landscape of cities like Seoul that guys like me are taking during our time here... I wonder if they'll look like photos of a completely different world in 40 years time as well? Heh, I probably won't even be alive to find out. Though it makes yah think… All of those images of the current urban landscape of cities like Seoul that guys like me are taking during our time here… I wonder if they’ll look like photos of a completely different world in 40 years time as well?

Heh, I probably won’t even be alive to find out.

]]> By: The_William_G http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142239 The_William_G Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142239 Yeah, I saw them the second they were posted in the comments. They are amazing photos Yeah, I saw them the second they were posted in the comments. They are amazing photos

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142211 R. Elgin Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:43:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142211 They are very nice. I showed them to someone who would have been three then and they smiled and said, "yes, it was just like that, only our village did not get electricity until around 1972." They are very nice. I showed them to someone who would have been three then and they smiled and said, “yes, it was just like that, only our village did not get electricity until around 1972.”

]]> By: Nomad http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142209 Nomad Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:33:07 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142209 Beautiful pictures! Thanks for the link. Beautiful pictures! Thanks for the link.

]]> By: JohnT http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142204 JohnT Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:36:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142204 Nice photos. Koreans have so much to be thankful for. Nice photos. Koreans have so much to be thankful for.

]]> By: Baek du Boy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142203 Baek du Boy Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:29:18 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/03/16/photos-of-korea-from-the-mid-1960s/#comment-142203 Fabulous! Love the one looking south over the Han...almost unrecongnisable. Luckily mountainlines and the US base haven't changed too much. Fabulous! Love the one looking south over the Han…almost unrecongnisable.
Luckily mountainlines and the US base haven’t changed too much.

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