Nagasaki, Japan. c. 1945-09. Scene of destruction showing a street reduced to rubble by the ...

Place Asia: Japan, Nagasaki
Accession Number P01237.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

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.