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ID Code | IKITA0003 |
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Title | Tsuruhane Shrine |
Photographer | Isao Kita |
Date | Late September 1945 |
Location | Futabanosato |
Distance from hypocenter | 1780meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
Owner | Hiroshima City |
Custodian | Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology |
Description | Tsuruhane Shrine. Looking northeast. The building collapsed and was wrecked by the atomic bomb blast, but it escaped the fire. The roof of the corridor connecting the worship hall and the shrine office collapsed. On the right end is a guardian dog erected in 1940 (still standing). |
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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