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| ID Code | YMATSUSHIGE0004 |
|---|---|
| Title | Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station |
| Photographer | Yoshito Matsushige |
| Date | Around 2 p.m., August 6, 1945 |
| Location | Midori-machi |
| Distance from hypocenter | 2800meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
| Owner | Chugoku Shimbun |
| Custodian | The Photo Archives of Japan |
| Description | The view from the destroyed window of the home-cum-barbershop looking east. The Minami Branch of the Nishi Fire Station, a two-story wooden structure, collapsed in the blast and was reduced to rubble. A man in a national defense uniform walks toward Miyuki Bridge along the street on which ran the Ujina Line streetcars. |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | 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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