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Yokogawa-cho 3-chome, relief work in front of the head office of Hiroshima City Credit Cooperative

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ID Code MKISHIDA0014
Title Yokogawa-cho 3-chome, relief work in front of the head office of Hiroshima City Credit Cooperative
Photographer Mitsugi Kishida
Date Between August 7 and 9, 1945
Location Yokogawa-cho (In front of the head office of Hiroshima City Credit Cooperative)
Distance from hypocenter 1700meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Film stored at Japan Photo Archive / Custodian: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Yokogawa-cho 3-chome. Relief work is carried out in front of head office of Hiroshima City Credit Cooperative. This building survived the fire, and many A-bomb victims took refuge inside the building from the evening of August 6. On the following day, August 7, a relief team from the Kamo Naval Medical School opened a relief station and provided relief work until the evening of August 9.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima
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