"Right: The shadow of the railing was caused by intense thermal rays, exposure distance 880m, ...

Accession Number P05395.013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Yoshito, Matsughige
Place made Japan: Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Date made 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

"Right: The shadow of the railing was caused by intense thermal rays, exposure distance 880m, October 1945. Left: The blast left the shadow of a man imprinted on the stone step, exposure distance 250m. October 1946?" This image is one of 20 photographs from an educational box set published in 1986 by the Hiroshima Institute for Peace Education for the Japanese Teachers Union (JTU). This Hiroshima-Nagasaki resource was once used by the Peace Education Resource Centre (PERC) in Queensberry Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia.

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