North Korea, Kija's pillars in Pyongyang
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- Created Date
- 1938/1939
- Description
This set of images of Korea was acquired by the American Geographical Society from Shannon McCune (1913-1993), Professor of Geography and Asian Studies. The pictures were taken between 1938 and 1939 during McCune's stay in Korea when he conducted research for his doctoral dissertation "Climatic Regions of Tyosen (Korea)". In his captions McCune uses Japanese names for Korean places, e.g. Tyosen (Korea), Heizyo (Pyongyang), or Keizyo (Seoul). For more information, please see McCune, Shannon. Climatic Regions of Korea and Their Economy. Geographical Review, Vol. 31, No. 1. (Jan., 1941), pp. 95-99.
Kija's pillars. The base for a gigantic pole which was before a temple or else the pole to which the boat-shaped city of Heizyo was supposed to be tied. The contrast between these old stone poles and the modern telephone poles is interesting. A woman carrying water on her head is well framed by the stones.
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- Creator
McCune, Shannon Boyd-Bailey, 1913
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- 1938-1939 Shannon McCune's Photos of Korea
American Geographical Society Library Print Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Type
- image
- Format
- Photographic prints
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- McCune, Shannon Boyd-Bailey, 1913. North Korea, Kija's pillars in Pyongyang. 1938/1939. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/666. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- McCune, Shannon Boyd-Bailey, 1913, (1938/1939) North Korea, Kija's pillars in Pyongyang. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/666
- MLA citation style
- McCune, Shannon Boyd-Bailey, 1913. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/666>.