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Modern Watch Tower Atop a the Skeletal Remains of a Fire Station in Nagasaki, Japan

2018-117
Accession Number
2018-117
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348728983
Keywords
Fire stations
War damage
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) bombardment, 1945
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Description
This is a photograph of a modern watch tower atop a the skeletal remains of a fire station in Nagasaki, Japan. Although the concrete block exterior remained after the bombing, the wood roof and interior as well as the non-fireproof windows have been destroyed by the fire. From Basil Rice.
Date(s)
October 1945