Accession Number: 2009.24.16.1384-1388
Description: BW prints; .1384: Japanese man leans forward, placing his left arm into the foreground; his wrist is wrapped in cloth and his forearm, elbow and shoulder are covered with large, thick, and angry scarring; .1385: Japanese girl in checked dress looks to left; her hair is very thin, much has fallen out; .1386: Japanese man posed with his back to camera and stripped to the waist; his back is covered with dramatic heavy scarring; .1387: A modern three story hospital structure in the background; the foreground is filled with rubble, piles of assorted debris, and trees stripped of their branches; captioned "Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital": .1388: Pre war view of same hospital building from 1387, surrounded on all sides by heavily populated areas with mountains in the far background; captioned "Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital".
Medium: Photographic Paper
Date: 1948
Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24
Subjects: Atomic bombs Disabled persons Hospitals Japan War casualties War damage War destruction & pillage
