Torii of Sanno Shrine, Nagasaki

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Caption: 
The Ichi-no-Torii (Number One Entrance) of Sanno Shrine near Iwakawa-machi District, 2,300 feet (700 meters) from the hypocenter. Behind it is the ruins of Nagasaki Medical College Hospital, with its painted smokestacks bent under the force of the blast.
Caption Written By: 
Jason McDonald
Photographed By: 
Battersby
Photographer's Rank or Affiliation: 
Lieutenant
Archive: 
National Archives
Date Photographed: 
Monday, October 1, 1945
City: 
Nagasaki
State/Province/Oblast: 
Nagasaki Prefecture
Country: 
Japan
Copyright Notice: 
Caption ©2007 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain

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