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Legacy of Hiroshima-Nagasaki : atomic bomb poster exhibition

Billowing mushroom cloud

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Title	Legacy of Hiroshima-Nagasaki : atomic bomb poster exhibition
Contributors	Hiroshima Heiwa Bunka Senta?; Mansfield Library
Subject	Atomic bomb victims -- Posters; Nuclear explosions; Atomic bomb; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945; Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
Coverage	Hiroshima (Japan); Nagasaki (Japan)
Description	30 posters recounting the atrocities that occurred in 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan to spread the prayer of peace for the sake of future generations. Included are color and black and white photographs, charts, tables, maps, and diagrams of billowing mushroom clouds, vanished cities, before the A-bomb, immediately after the bombings, conditions immediately after the bombing as drawn by survivors, heat rays, blast, super-high-temperature fire, damage to human bodies (acute disorders and aftereffects), revival from ruins, Hiroshima and Nagasaki today and witnesses to history conveying the tragedy. Explanations of A-bomb damage, atomic bomb, Sadako (a young girl's death), nuclear weapons now, a peaceful world free from nuclear weapons, 20th century-negative heritage, and material witnesses.
Date Digital	2008
Type	Image
Format	image/jpeg
Rights	Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation- Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Contributing Institution	The University of Montana
Language	en
Digitization Specifications	Source unknown

Title	Billowing mushroom cloud
Contributors	Japan Peace Museum; U.S. Army
Description	Images of mushroom clouds taken from an altitude of about 9000 meters and a distance of about 80 km from the hypocenter from one of the US bombers that took part in the A-bomb mission.
Date Original	1945
Date Digital	2008
Type	Image
Format	image/jpeg
Resource Identifier	mtg002313
Rights	Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation- Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Contributing Institution	The University of Montana
Language	en
Digitization Specifications	Source unknown
Transcription	Source unknownillowing Mushroom Cloud Hiroshima: 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945 Nagasaki: 11:02 a.m., August 9, 1945 The Mushroom Cloud about 1 Hour after Detonation (Hiroshima) Taken from an altitude of about 9,000 m (29,520 feet) and a distance of about 80 km (50 miles) from the hypocenter from one of the three US bombers that took part in the A-bomb mission. (August 6,1945-Photo: US Army) A The Billowing Mushroom Cloud (Nagasaki) A round white puff of smoke, then instantly a crimson fireball began to swell. (August 9,1945-Photo: US Army) Courtesy: The Japan Peace Museum HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI

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