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Follow collection paths to locate materials or move to the search page.

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South Post and the Han River edge

Read the 1963 aerial view beside present-day field records to trace spatial change in Yongsan.

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The gaze of U.S. military record photography

Follow source organizations and producers to see how U.S. military record photography described Yongsan.

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From records to park discourse

Use seminar and forum records to read how older photographs continue into today's park discussions.

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Present-day interpretation and the public forum

Expert seminars and field records show how older materials are translated into present-day language.

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Discovery Axes

By source organization

The most stable discovery axis in the current metadata is the producing organization. Following U.S. Army, NARA, or 8th United States Army reveals who recorded Yongsan and through what administrative gaze.

Reading Paths

Representative ways to read the Yongsan archive

Move across military record photographs, aerial views, urban walks, and park debates to see how Yongsan can be read through different paths.

Read through aerial photography

Track 1948 and 1963 aerial views to see where military space and urban space overlap in Yongsan.

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Read through aerial photography

Read through source organizations

Follow U.S. Army, 8th United States Army, and NARA to understand how the records were produced and from what institutional viewpoint.

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Read through source organizations

Read through urban walks

Follow the series path to connect traces of the Japanese military barracks, the post-liberation transition, and changes around Ichon-dong and the Namsan foothills.

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Read through urban walks

Read through park discourse

Use seminars and public discussions to see how archival photographs are translated into present-day debates on the park.

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Read through park discourse

Yongsan archiveJ

Memory Warehouse

This digital archive is a public corpus built to read Yongsan's military space, urban change, and park transformation across records from different moments.

It places the administrative order of military record photography beside the interpretive order of urban walks and seminars, showing how past images continue into today's discussions.

Original objects remain in storage, while the public interface is designed around thumbnails and summary metadata.

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RG 111-CCK B 1 CCK 80182

RG 111-CCK B 1 CCK 80182

This archival photograph shows Korea Ceremonies in Yongsan. It appears to have been photographed on March 27, 1971.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A short set of basic questions about how to read and use this archive.

What kinds of materials are in this archive?

The corpus includes U.S. military record photographs, post-liberation and Cold War aerial views, Yongsan walk materials, and records from seminars and public discussions.

What is the most stable way to navigate it?

Start with the larger folder, then narrow by series name or record group, then use source organization, creator, date, and free search.

Why do public pages show thumbnails instead of originals?

To avoid exposing high-resolution originals directly on the public site, visible previews use derived thumbnails under the /_thumbs path.

What is the difference between Original Record Files and Guided Walks through the U.S. Base and the City?

The former follows the administrative order of military records, while the latter reorganizes materials through curated routes of place reading and urban interpretation.

What question does this archive ultimately ask?

It asks who recorded Yongsan, under what power and administrative order those records were produced, and how we reread them today through park discourse and urban memory.