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From the rooftop of the Chugoku Shimbun new building looking west-northwest

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ID Code SHAYASHI0028
Title From the rooftop of the Chugoku Shimbun new building looking west-northwest
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 In the center are the remains of Kabuki-za theater. From the left: Fukuya Department Store's old building, The West Drill Ground and the remains of Hiroshima Kaikosha (Army officers’ club). In the bottom left corner is a destroyed street car (No. 421 or No. 430) belonging to Hiroshima Electric Railway. The burned areas are, from the foreground: Teppo-cho, Hatchobori and Motomachi. The road in the foreground is the street for the present-day Hiroshima Electric Railway’s Hakushima Line. Beyond the Fukuya Dapartment Store's old building, the outer moat of the ruins of Hiroshima Castle runs horizontally.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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