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Vault at Mitsui Life Insurance Company Hiroshima Branch

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ID Code EMATSUMOTO0007
Title Vault at Mitsui Life Insurance Company Hiroshima Branch
Photographer Eiichi Matsumoto
Date Between September 18 and 25, 1945
Location Nakajima-honmachi
Distance from hypocenter 200meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description The Mitsui Life Insurance Company Hiroshima Branch was completely destroyed and burned. Only a portion of the vault in the center of the building remained. The building was located near the current “Children’s Peace Monument ” in Peace Memorial Park.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition "Exhibit of Photographs by Hajime Miyatake and Eiichi Matsumoto -- Hiroshima after the Atomic Bombing" (2005), special exhibit at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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