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ID Code | YMATSUSHIGE0004 |
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Title | Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station |
Photographer | Yoshito Matsushige |
Date | Around 2 p.m., August 6, 1945 |
Location | Midori-machi |
Distance from hypocenter | 2800meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
Owner | Chugoku Shimbun |
Custodian | Japan Photo Archive |
Description | The view from the destroyed window of the home-cum-barbershop looking east. The Minami Branch of the Nishi Fire Station, a two-story wooden structure, collapsed in the blast and was reduced to rubble. A man in a national defense uniform walks toward Miyuki Bridge along the street on which ran the Ujina Line streetcars. |
Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in photographic negative database of Japan Photo Archive, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima |
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