P01237.006 Accession Number: P01237.006

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Nagasaki, Japan. c. 1945-09. Scene of destruction showing a street reduced to rubble by the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. Only one building and a bridge stand intact in a devastated landscape. Note the cultivated hillsides behind the ruined town.

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Accession Number
P01237.006
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor J. Hutton
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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