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Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch builiding soon after the bombing

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ID Code HMIYATAKE0023
Title Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch builiding soon after the bombing
Photographer Hajime Miyatake
Date Between around August 10 and 11, 1945
Location Sarugaku-cho
Distance from hypocenter 210meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description The Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch's building, which was close to the east end of Aioi Bridge, in the days after the atomic bombing. The Red Cross also had a wooden building next to it, but the wooden one completely burned in the fire. The piles of wood in front of the building are thought to have been brought here for cremation.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition
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