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. | |
Image Filename | wwii1284.jpg |
Image Size | 1.55 MB |
Image Dimensions | 2920 x 2331 |
Photographer | Battersby, R. J. |
Photographer Title | Lieutenant |
Caption Author | Jason McDonald |
Date Photographed | October 01, 1945 |
Location | Sanno Shrine |
City | Nagasaki |
State or Province | Nagasaki Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
Record Number | |
Status | Caption ©2007, ©2024 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain |
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