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View from the Chugoku Shimbun toward the Nagarekawa area

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ID Code YYAMAMOTONTANIGAWA0002
Title View from the Chugoku Shimbun toward the Nagarekawa area
Photographer Yoshie Yamamoto or Nagaji Tanigawa
Date 16742
Location Kaminagarekawa-cho
Distance from hypocenter 870meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Chugoku Shimbun
Custodian Chugoku Shimbun , Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Damage to the city caused by the atomic bombing, looking south from the Chugoku Shimbun Newspaper Company new building, which survived the fire. This photo was taken from the fourth floor of the new building, whose iron window frames were blown out by the atomic bombing and whose interior was left empty after being engulfed in the ensuing fire.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima
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