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Inside a relief station made of tents along the Otagawa River embankment by the Hiroshima Second Army Hospital

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ID Code YKAWAHARA0001
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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