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A leaning utility pole in the Yokogawa area

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ID Code YKISHIMOTO0002
Title A leaning utility pole in the Yokogawa area
Photographer Yoshita Kishimoto
Date Between October and November 1945
Location Hirosekita-machi
Distance from hypocenter 1000meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Mizuyo Kishimoto
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description A utility pole leaning in the Yokogawa area. Looking at Hirosekita-machi and in the direction of a Hiroshima municipal junior high school. The photo was taken as a record for Chugoku Haiden (present-day Chugoku Electric Power Company) . Looking northwest from the neighborhood of the Hirose area, about 1,000 meters from the hypocenter. The mountain range in the background runs from the Koi area to the Mitaki area.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima
Note Glass dry plate