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Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...] – Vintage Photo Print

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...], [Before Aug. 6, 1945] — historic photograph
Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...], [Before Aug. 6, 1945]. Historic photograph from the Asia, Africa & Australia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few photographs show Hiroshima as it looked from the air before the atomic bomb fell on the city on Aug. 6, 1945. This aerial view was taken by the U.S. Army before that date, and its verso bears a June 26, 1946 stamp, showing that it later passed through the New York World-Telegram and the Sun newspaper photograph collection. The contrast it offers is striking: the city's streets, rivers and built-up districts appear intact, a reminder of the baseline against which the bombing's destruction is measured.

Created / published[Before Aug. 6, 1945]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Air operations--American--Japan--Hiroshima-shi. Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,267 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189824

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