| ID Code | YKAWAHARA0005 |
|---|---|
| Title | City burned down, destroyed completely and reduced to rubble |
| Photographer | Yotsugi Kawahara |
| Date | On August 9, 1945 |
| Location | Shimoyanagi-cho |
| Distance from hypocenter | 1200meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
| Owner | Hiroshima City |
| Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Description | Looking northwest from Shimoyanagi-cho. The soldier in the left foreground is probably a military police officer accompanying the photographer. Amid the remains of wooden houses and stores reduced to rubble, Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station and Hiroshima Central Broadcasting Station, camouflaged with its outer walls painted black, stand alone amid the rubble. |
| 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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