[ANNOTATED VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER'S TRAVELS IN KOREA, JAPAN, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND GERMANY DURING THE EISENHOWER YEARS, INCLUDING IMAGES OF NUMEROUS KOREAN CHILDREN AND THE 1957 EISENHOWER INAUGURAL PARADE, AND WITH SEVERAL CONCENTRATION CAMP-RELATED IMAGES IN DACHAU, GERMANY].

McNulty, Father:

Published by [Seoul and Pusan, Korea; Nikko, Japan; Washington, D.C; Carmel, Ca.; Dachau, Germany; and other locations. 1956-1960].

About this Item

An eclectic collection of personal photographs taken by an American officer while serving in Korea, Japan, and Germany in the years after the Korean War. The compiler appears to be a man identified in several pictures as Father McNulty, perhaps a chaplain or otherwise serving in the Army in some religious capacity. McNulty's photographs begin in Pusan, Korea in 1957, where he or an associate photograph numerous Korean children and other locals. Some of the captions read, "Bishop John Choi, the Vicariate of Pusan," the "Pusan Poor," and a "Leper Colony." Other images depict a tailor's shop in Pusan, numerous buildings in Seoul, several of a reception for President Eisenhower on June 20, 1960 at the Kimpo Airfield outside Seoul (where two different officers pose with Hollywood film legend George O'Brien); and other scenes. McNulty appears in numerous photographs with Korean schoolgirls, whom he or the photographer identifies by name in the captions; the same goes for several images of American and Korean religious figures as part of the "Pusan Area Command." One of the events pictured includes several images from the Holy Name Breakfast in Pusan in February 1960. Some of the other sites pictured in Seoul include St. Paul's Cathedral, President Syngman Rhee's Statue, the Seoul Capitol Building, and others. While briefly in Japan, McNulty takes pictures of several sites in Nikko, including street scenes and a Nikko street festival; and a performance inside the Kokusai Theater in Tokyo. Before going to Korea in 1957, McNulty apparently took the time to take some pictures around Washington, D.C., where he saw the Washington Cathedral, Walter Reed Hospital, Haynes Point, and the Jefferson Memorial (the latter two from an airplane). While in Washington in January 1957, he attended the parade for President Eisenhower's second inaugural, with two full pages of photos from the event. The album concludes with several pages of photographs from Germany during Oktoberfest in 1960. Most notable among these images are those of Dachau, where McNulty took sobering pictures of the crematorium sign and "The Furnace" at the Dachau Concentration Camp. While there, he also took pictures of the Catholic Mortal Agony of Christ chapel, the "Old Gallow Stand" memorial, the Statue of the Unknown Prisoner, and the Grave of the Many Thousands Unknown. He also visited the German towns of Oberammergau, Ettal, and Bad Tölz, where he photographed numerous buildings and landscapes. 247 photographs in mounting corners, mostly black-and-white but with a handful in color, between 1½ x 2¼ inches and 6 x 3½ inches, most around 3½ x 4¼ inches. With informative captions written in white ink throughout the album. Folio. Contemporary grey cloth album, comb-bound in white plastic, stamped "Photo Album" in white on front cover. Minor scuffing and soiling to covers. A few photographs loose, but generally in very nice condition. Very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [ANNOTATED VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER'S TRAVELS IN KOREA, JAPAN, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND GERMANY DURING THE EISENHOWER YEARS, INCLUDING IMAGES OF NUMEROUS KOREAN CHILDREN AND THE 1957 EISENHOWER INAUGURAL PARADE, AND WITH SEVERAL CONCENTRATION CAMP-RELATED IMAGES IN DACHAU, GERMANY].
• Publisher: [Seoul and Pusan, Korea; Nikko, Japan; Washington, D.C; Carmel, Ca.; Dachau, Germany; and other locations. 1956-1960].