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Street of wooden houses damaged by the atomic bomb's blast

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ID Code HMIYATAKE0035
Title Street of wooden houses damaged by the atomic bomb's blast
Photographer Hajime Miyatake
Date Between around August 10 and 11, 1945
Location Minami-machi
Distance from hypocenter 2250meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Asahi Shimbun
Custodian Tokyo head office of Asahi Shimbun
Description An east-west street in Minami-machi 2-chome, located about two kilometers south-southeast from the hypocenter. The street is lined with wooden houses damaged by the atomic bomb's blast. No fire broke out in this area, although some damage from the blast was found on buildings on the east side the Hijiyama streetcar line. Buildings on the west side of the streetcar line were totally destroyed and burned.
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