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RECORDS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB
Surviving Evidence
| Storage No. |
Item |
Remarks |
Compartment |
| N-22-1-1 |
Bamboo |
The surface exposed to radiation has turned white |
11 |
| 2 |
Roof tile |
|
11 |
| 3 |
Glass bottle |
|
11 |
| 4 |
Charred earth |
|
11 |
| 5 |
Ceramic |
|
11 |
| 6 |
Rock |
|
11 |
| 7 |
Wood |
From tree burned from the inside |
11 |
| 8 |
Black nail** |
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11(S) |
**See page 11
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Photographic Records(MF-1)
| Storage No. |
Subject |
Remarks |
Compartment |
| N-22-2-1 |
The"Atomic Dome"(*) |
Photographed immediately after the explosion. August 6th, 1945 |
27 |
| 2 |
Aioi Bridge(1) |
60 to 80 metres from the centre of the blast |
27 |
| 3 |
Aioi Bridge(2) |
The blast jackknifed the bridge |
27 |
| 4 |
Motoyasu Bridge |
Both parapets were blasted away and the stone lantern moved |
27 |
| 5 |
Kamiyacho |
Many banks in this street were reduced tu ruins |
27 |
| 6 |
Hondori |
View from Kamiyacho |
27 |
| 7 |
Hatchobori district |
The heart of Hiroshima;viewed from the roof of the Chugoku Haiden(Electric Power)Company |
27 |
| 8 |
Otemachi |
Otemachi 5-chome district from the roof of the Chugoku Haiden Company |
27 |
| 9 |
Inari Bridge |
Steel railway bridge |
27 |
| 10 |
Tokaichimachi and neighbourhood |
Some 600 metres from the blast centre;iron poles carrying power lines were twisted and flattened |
27 |
| 11 |
Keloid burns(1) |
A victim's right shoulder and back |
27 |
| 12 |
Keloid burns(2) |
A victim's left ankle |
27 |
| 13 |
Radiation burns(1) |
Part of a soldier's body was protected by his shirt |
27 |
| 14 |
Radiation burns(2) |
People walked with their arms in the air due to the pain from their burns |
27 |
| 15 |
Seriously-injured schoolgirls |
Almost all schoolgirls in Hiroshima's secondary schools experienced the disaster |
27 |
| 16 |
Seriously-injured infant |
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27 |
| 17 |
Emergency camp(1) |
Undamaged primary school buildings were turned into emergency hospitals and camps |
27 |
| 18 |
Emergency camp(2) |
Seriously-injured soldiers of the Ujina Akatsuki division |
27 |
| 19 |
Two hours after the explosion |
Citizens of Hiroshima gathered by the Miyuki Bridge |
27 |
| 20 |
Thick-stemmed bamboo (moso) |
bamboo, exposed to radiation, growing 3,500 metres north of the blast centre |
27 |
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