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Photo 1390
S-0526-0356-0003-00002 · Item · 1960-12-31
Part of United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) (1950-1958)

Down in the valley, which adjoins the village of Kungyangjang-ni, there now is an irrigation dam designed by James Schorschmidt of Longview, Wash., the third member of the Houses for Korea CCDP team. It was built with local labor under Mr. Schorshmidt's direction.

Photo 1385
S-0526-0356-0002-00017 · Item · 1960-12-31
Part of United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) (1950-1958)

The clinic has more patients than it can handle, and another house must be built to accommodate the overflow. Cement-and-earth blocks pressed in one of the UNKRA-imported Landcrete machines are used to build it cheaply and quickly. Sherwood Martin of House for Korea helps to mix the plaster--a mixture of cement and mud--which is used to cover the earth blocks.