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| ID Code | SHAYASHI0027 |
|---|---|
| Title | From the rooftop of the Chugoku Shimbun new building looking west |
| Photographer | Shigeo Hayashi |
| Date | Between October 1 and 10, 1945 |
| Location | Kaminagarekawa-cho |
| Distance from hypocenter | 870meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | Yes |
| Owner | Hiroshima City |
| Custodian | Film stored at Japan Photo Archive / Custodian: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Description | The Hiroshima Electric Railway's street car tracks run in the center of the frame. A destroyed street car (No. 421 or No. 430) can be seen on the right side of the tracks. In the middle are Fukuya Department Store and Fukuya Department Store's old building. From the left rear, the head office of Geibi Bank, the outer moat of the ruins of Hiroshima Castle, the West Drill Ground, and Motomachi workplace of the Hiroshima city waterworks department. The burned areas are, from the foreground: Teppo-cho, Hatchobori, and Motomachi. |
| Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
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