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Photographs of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombing aftermath


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    Photographs of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombing aftermath

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    These nine photographs show the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan by the United States. The images depict the ruins of a torpedo plant, medical college, and Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce Building with detailed captions stamped on the versos that identify landmarks, viewpoints, and markers within the photographs. Also included is a photograph of U.S. Navy officers enjoying a Christmas dinner aboard the USS Albemarle, which was undergoing repairs in Norfolk, Virginia at the time of the bombings. The photographer of all these images is unknown.

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    Books -- Hiroshima Under Atomic Bomb Attack by Shogo Nagaoka, (1965)

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    The Arthur Ito papers consist of material related to his early life in Mexico, service in the World War II, and career in the floral industry.

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    Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake aftermath

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    A collection of 68 photographs of the city of San Francisco, California, following the Earthquake of 1906, including elevated views of the ruins. Among the buildings shown are churches, office buildings, stores, government buildings, and the Bells of Shandon, a notorious "crimp house" saloon. Some of the photographs show views of the harbor, buckled streets, and still-smoking ruins.

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    Photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire

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    Photographs by an unknown photographer documenting the aftermath of the April 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, California. Images depict the devastated buildings and landscape as well as tent cities and bird's eye views over the city.

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    Photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire

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    86 photographs of the destruction caused by the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. Views include street scenes with pedestrians and bystanders and destroyed or damaged commercial buildings and private residences with a focus on many of the city's breweries and malt houses. The photographer, Theodore Rueger, was the proprietor of the Benicia Brewery and Soda Works in Benicia, California. Eighteen of the photographs were reproduced in the June 1, 1906 edition of the "American Brewers' Review" in an article entitled "In Stricken Frisco."

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