Online Source of Photos of Old Ansan

44773I’m always amazed to think of the growth and changes in Ansan since I first arrived almost 17 years ago. But that pales in comparison with the transformation of what used to be a sleepy fishing village into a city of 350,000 people when I arrived in 1993 (Current population is about 750,000 now.)

Here are links to some before/after photos of Ansan on my Seongpo-Dong blog this year:

DSCN7200 Recently, I came upon another source of old photos, which is the website of the City of Ansan. The general photo section is here: https://photo.iansan.net/ but for photos of old Ansan, they can be seen in the following categories:

내고장 안산 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://photo.iansan.net/PhotoResult.asp?mclass_id=07]
안산의 옛모습 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://photo.iansan.net/PhotoResult.asp?mclass_id=0702]
안산의 발전상 [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://photo.iansan.net/PhotoResult.asp?mclass_id=0705]

To see the photos in large size, you must be logged in (membership is free and easy, but basic Korean-language ability is necessary to get through the form) and be accessing through Internet Explorer (other browsers don’t work.)

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