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ID Code | TFUKADA0002 |
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Title | Mushroom cloud |
Photographer | Toshio Fukada |
Date | On August 6, 1945 |
Location | Kasumi-cho, Hiroshima Army Ordnance Supply Depot |
Distance from hypocenter | 2700meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
Owner | Hiroshima City |
Custodian | Film stored at Japan Photo Archive Custodian: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Description | Toshio Fukada, then 16 years old and who had been mobilized to the Hiroshima Army Ordinance Supply Depot, ran upstairs to the second floor of Weapons Arsenal No. 2 after being hit by the bomb's blast; he took photos from the window looking northwest with the camera he was carrying, called Baby Pearl. This is the second of the four photos he took in a row. |
Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Listed in photographic negative database of Japan Photo Archive, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima |
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