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ID Code | YKAWAHARA0001 |
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Title | Inside a relief station made of tents along the Otagawa River embankment by the Hiroshima Second Army Hospital |
Photographer | Yotsugi Kawahara |
Date | On August 9, 1945 |
Location | Motomachi, on banks of Otagawa River (Hiroshima Second Army Hospital) |
Distance from hypocenter | 1100meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
Owner | Hiroshima City |
Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Description | Injured people housed at a temporary relief station set up on the Honkawa River embankment. After the nearby Hiroshima Second Army Hospital was completely destroyed and burned down, the relief station was set up by laying out straw mats and mats inside tents. |
Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, On display at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's Main Building, Listed in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Collection Catalogue, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima |
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