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A rescue worker brings a tea cup to a girl on the back of a truck

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ID Code HMIYATAKE0080
Title A rescue worker brings a tea cup to a girl on the back of a truck
Photographer Hajime Miyatake
Date On August 10, 1945
Location Kaminagarekawa-cho
Distance from hypocenter 920meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description A rescue worker bringing a teacup to the mouth of a girl lying on a thin cushion on a straw mat on the back of a truck. The photo was taken near the sidewalk on the north side of the Nippon Kangyo Bank Hiroshima branch. In this area, with the cooperatin of the Higashi (East) Police Station, a relief station was set up from August 8 to September 8 to accommodate victims. However, those with relatively minor injuries were soon transported outside the city.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Dsiplayed in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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