Tag Archives: atomic bomb

Hiroshima: “Intense heat”

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, [Severely damaged printing presses, Chugoku Shimbun Building, Hiroshima], October 28, 1945 (2006.1.357) Building 50: Chugoku Shimbun Building. 5I, GZ3000. First story of reinforced concrete Building 50. Shows newspaper printing press severely damaged by fire which gutted building. Hiroshima: … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hiroshima: “a blinding flash and the overpowering heat and wind”

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Christopher George

Yoshito Matsushige, [Dazed survivors huddle together in the street ten minutes after the atomic bomb was dropped on their city, Hiroshima], August 6, 1945 (1464.2005) Yoshito Matsushige, [Dazed survivors huddle together in the street ten minutes after the atomic bomb … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Physical Damage Division

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Christopher George

United States Government, The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Physical Damage Division, The Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Volume I, May 1947, p.42 (2011.23.1) United States Government, The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Physical Damage Division, The … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum at Ground Zero

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Christopher George

At 0816 hours 6 August 1945, one of three B-29s over Hiroshima dropped the first atomic bomb ever used for military purposes. An eyewitness who was 2% miles west of the city stated: “I saw a single enemy airplane flying … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Careful planning could save lives.”

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Christopher George

Loomis Dean (1917-2005), [Scorched male mannequin clad in dark business suit standing in desert 7,000 ft. from the 44th nuclear test explosion, a day after the blast, indicating that humans could be burnt but still alive, Yucca Flat, Nevada], May, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hiroshima, 1945

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, [View of burned-over area with Hiroshima Kirin Beer Hall at far right], October 16, 1945 (2006.1.23) Unidentified Photographer, [Burned-over landscape, looking east from Grid 6H], October 31, 1945 (2006.1.18) Unidentified Photographer, [Burned-over landscape, looking northwest from Grid 5I, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Six Schools in Hiroshima, 1945

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Christopher George

Unidentified Photographer, United States Government, [Interior damage to steel frame of Honkawa Grammar School Auditorium, Hiroshima], November 8, 1945 (2006.1.629) Ground Zero 1,100 Unidentified Photographer, United States Government, [Blast- and fire-damaged ruins of Takeya Grammar School, Hiroshima], October 28, 1945 … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

August 6, 1945

Posted on August 6, 2015 by fansinaflashbulb

Carl Mydans, Hiroshima, directly after the fog cleared. Catholic Church in foreground, 1945 (1395.2005) Bernard Hoffman, [Residents wander cleared streets bisecting the ruins of buildings reduced to piles of rubble by the atomic bomb, dropped a few months earlier], 1945 (1784.2005) Unidentified … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Odamasa Store, Hiroshima

Posted on August 6, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

United States Strategic Bombing Survey, [Distorted steel-frame structure of Odamasa Store, Hiroshima], November 20, 1945 (2006.1.68) On November 1945, merely three months after the United States detonated an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, U.S. President Harry … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Peace from Nagasaki

Posted on August 9, 2013 by erinbarnett

Atom-Bombed Nagasaki, 1945-ca. 1949 (recto) Atom-Bombed Nagasaki, 1945-ca. 1949 (verso)

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged , , | Leave a comment