Hiroshima after the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945. The wrecked public building in the ...

Accession Number 045195
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Place made Japan: Hiroshima
Date made c 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Hiroshima after the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945. The wrecked public building in the foreground which was near the epicentre has been preserved in its ruined condition as a memorial to Hiroshima's dead and the advent of the atomic age.