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Honkawa National Elementary School auditorium reduced to its steel frame

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ID Code EMATSUMOTO0009
Title Honkawa National Elementary School auditorium reduced to its steel frame
Photographer Eiichi Matsumoto
Date Between September 18 and 25, 1945
Location Kajiya-cho
Distance from hypocenter 420meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description The Honkawa National Elementary School auditorium’s steel frame was bent, and its concrete foundation pillars under the floor were exposed. The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (Atomic Bomb Dome) can be seen on the far right.
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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