Hiroshima, Japan [008] Atomic Bomb Aftermath (008)

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Title Hiroshima, Japan [008] Atomic Bomb Aftermath (008)
Photo Number Box 29, Japan, Hiroshima Atom Blast Museum, 2
Description Photo showing a sign with information regarding the 1945 Hiroshima bomb blast, Hiroshima, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1961
Subject Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment,--1945- -Photographs; Weapons of mass destruction--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Nuclear weapons--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Signs and signboards--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Japan; Hiroshima-shi (Japan); Nuclear weapons
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Caption on Slide Information board, Hiroshima, Japan.
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.
Type Image
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6np2mdw
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 331930
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np2mdw
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