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<DIV>I cross-post this item below from the H-Japan e-list of <A href="http://www.h-net.org">www.h-net.org</A> (April 6, 2011).</DIV>
<DIV>Apart from their photo project, I also have gathered early photos from the Prints and Photograph collection at Library of Congress, <A href="http://old-koreaphotos.wikispaces.com">http://old-koreaphotos.wikispaces.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Please share other early photo collections of Korea that you know of online.</DIV>
<DIV>In the case of collections with little or no digital derivative, I would be happy to outline the workflow process I used to expeditiously put the images I selected online. Just write me directly at <A href="mailto:sjmi_y@yahoo">sjmi_y@yahoo</A> dotcom</DIV>
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<DIV>=-=-= Guven Peter Witteveen, Outreach Consultant and Evaluator</DIV>
<DIV>St. Johns, Michigan USA 989-224-2768</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Colleagues,<BR> <BR>The East Asia Image Collections, an open-access digital repository<BR>hosted at Lafayette College, has recently added 259 postcards and 300<BR>negatives. The website now contains over 3700 records of imagery from<BR>East Asia, mostly from the period 1905-1945, with one subcollection<BR>of images from 1950s Japan.<BR> <BR><A href="http://digital.lafayette.edu/collections/eastasia" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>http://digital.lafayette.edu/collections/eastasia</FONT></A><BR> <BR>Here are the descriptions of our two most recently added subcollections:<BR> <BR>Imperial Postcard Collection<BR> <BR>The Imperial Postcard Collection consists of imagery from Japan and<BR>its colonies, wartime China, and selected areas of the wider<BR>imperialized world, from 1900 to 1945. "Manners and Customs" cards<BR>from Manchuria, North and Central China, Korea, Honshu, and Hokkaido<BR>are prominent. Also included are images associated with
the<BR>Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), the Manchurian Incident (1931) and<BR>the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937), as well as portraits of Japanese<BR>heroes, royalty and statesmen. Cards that cataloged and displayed the<BR>world's colonized peoples according to racial type or ethnic<BR>classification are also featured.<BR> <BR>Gerald & Rella Warner Dutch East Indies Negatives<BR> <BR>US Consul to Taiwan Gerald Warner and his wife Rella created these<BR>275 photographic negatives between June 11, 1938 and July 27, 1938.<BR>Most (257) were taken in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) during a<BR>vacation from consular duties in Taiwan. The remainder were taken in<BR>Hong Kong harbor (17) and Shantou (1). The following themes are most<BR>prominent: working conditions and equipment in ports and harbors,<BR>tourist attractions (including Borobudur, Balinese drama, and temple<BR>architecture), agricultural scenes, village life, and local markets.<BR>The
captions for these images are taken from hand-written comments in<BR>the Warners' photo albums. Gift of the Estate of Gerald and Rella Warner.<BR> <BR>Suggestions, corrections, and comments to individual records or the<BR>site would be much appreciated,<BR> <BR>thanks,<BR> <BR>Paul Barclay, Department of History<BR>Lafayette College<BR>Easton, PA 18042<BR>barclayp@lafayette.edu<BR></DIV></td></tr></table><br>