| Title |
Hiroshima, Japan [015] Stone Lantern (002) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 65, Special Lectures, Japan/China Comparison R, Double Projection Lecture, 28 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1965 |
| Subject |
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment,--1945- -Photographs; Stone lanterns--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Stone bridges--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Weapons of mass destruction--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Nuclear weapons--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Japan; Hiroshima-shi (Japan); Gardens; Nuclear weapons |
| Spatial Coverage |
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) |
| Description |
Photograph of a stone lantern (possibly showing damage from 1945 atomic bomb blast?), Hiroshima, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Stone lantern, Hiroshima, Japan. 23-R. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Hiroshima (Hiroshima-shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II.--Wikipedia. Note: Possibly same lantern (at same location) as image with file name: hiroshima_003 and original description provided as: "Photo showing a lantern, which was struck by the atomic bomb, bridge and stone lantern, Hiroshima, Japan;" |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6029838 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
336796 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6029838 |
