Hiroshima, Japan. c.1945-12. A narrow path winds through piles of rubble from the ruins of ...

Place Asia: Japan, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Accession Number P02001.027
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Fagan, Edwin
Conflict Period 1940-1949
Copyright

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Description

Hiroshima, Japan. c.1945-12. A narrow path winds through piles of rubble from the ruins of wrecked and extensively damaged buildings after the dropping of the atomic bomb on 1945-08-06. Note the solitary intact building on the right, possibly the first undergoing reconstruction. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)