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| ID Code | TFUKADA0004 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mushroom cloud |
| Photographer | Toshio Fukada |
| Date | On August 6, 1945 |
| Location | Kasumi-cho, Hiroshima Army Ordnance Supply Depot |
| Distance from hypocenter | 2700meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
| Owner | Hiroshima City |
| Custodian | Film stored at the Photo Archives of Japan / Custodian: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Description | Toshio Fukada, then 16 years old and who had been mobilized to the Hiroshima Army Ordinance Supply Depot, ran upstairs to the second floor of Weapons Arsenal No. 2 after being hit by the bomb's blast; he took photos from the window looking northwest with the camera he was carrying, called Baby Pearl. This is the fourth of the four photos he took in a row. |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Listed in the “Peace Database” of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum website,Listed in the Archives for the Historical Photographic Plates and Films by Japanese professional photographers at the Photo Archives of Japan, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima |
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