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title: 재건되는 한국의 방직공장 (Reconstructing a Korean Textile Plant) (Korean poster distributed in Korea)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/reconstructing-korean-textile-plant-korean-1953/
description: A Korean-language photo poster on green and black. A cut-out of twisted wreckage sits beside the headline, with five photographs of Korean workers
section: Collection
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# 재건되는 한국의 방직공장 (Reconstructing a Korean Textile Plant) (Korean poster distributed in Korea)

A Korean-language photo poster on green and black. A cut-out of twisted wreckage sits beside the headline, with five photographs of Korean workers and a foreign technician, a factory and its chimneys, and captions. The text says the plant was destroyed in August 1950 and is being rebuilt with Korean private capital and outside aid. The tell is plain-folks: named, ordinary workers and managers carry the message of recovery.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (Korean) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
재건되는 한국의 방직공장

1950년 5월 직공 6천명을 갖인 한국최대방직공장은 월산 3백만 "마"의 광목을 생산했다 동년 8월 이공장은 폭격에소멸되고 발전소만남았다 아래사진은 한국인 개인자본과 건설욕과 "씨·에이·씨"의 원조로 성공하고있는 공장재건의 발전을보여준다 공장이 운영되면 "씨·에이·씨"에서 면화를 공급할것이다.

[left caption] 파괴된공장의 전 경영자인 "김옥순"씨와 "씨·에이·씨" 방직 전문가 데이러 씨가 재건할 공장의 설계 도를보고있다.

[right caption] 여러남녀 직공들이 파괴 된공장의 청소작업과 화재에서건져낸 부속품등의 정리작업을 열심히하고있다.

[centre caption] 이 발전소는 새 공장지대의 중심 이될것이며 재건 계획의완성은 한 국공업의 신단계 를 보여줄것이다.

[lower left caption] 다년간의 풍부한 방직경험을 갖인 여러 한국인기술자들이 광목을 압 축하는 무거운 "로-라"를 주의깊게 새로 설치하고있다.

[lower right caption] 방추(紡錘)선위에서 "추"를 조절하고있다 왼편에서보고있는분이 "데이러"씨이다 금년 3월까지에는 천명의직공과 만 개이상의 "추"를 갖고 운영될것이다.

USIS P. 13
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Reconstructing Korea's Textile Plant. In May 1950 Korea's largest textile plant, with 6,000 workers, produced 3,000,000 [yards] of cotton cloth a month. In August of the same year the plant was destroyed by bombing and only the power plant was left. The photographs below show the progress of the plant's reconstruction, which is succeeding thanks to Korean private capital, zeal for construction and the aid of 'C.A.C.' When the plant operates, 'C.A.C.' will supply the cotton. [Captions:] Mr. 'Kim Ok-sun' [reading uncertain], the former manager of the destroyed plant, and Mr. Taylor, 'C.A.C.' textile specialist, look at the design of the plant to be rebuilt. / Men and women workers eagerly clear the destroyed plant and sort parts salvaged from the fire. / This power plant will be the centre of the new plant zone, and completion of the reconstruction plan will show a new stage of Korean industry. / Korean technicians with many years of textile experience carefully install the heavy 'rollers' that compress the cloth. / Adjusting the 'spindles' on the spindle line; the man looking on at left is Mr. 'Taylor'. By March of this year it will be running with a thousand workers and more than 10,000 spindles. USIS P. 13
```

Hangul read from a scan of hand-lettered text; foreign names and the unit after '3 million' are transcribed as printed and some characters are uncertain. The translation is literal and approximate.

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