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Former owner:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this
Extent:
1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Negatives
Photographs
Place:
Manila (Philippines)
Nagasaki (Japan)
Date:
1945
Summary:
Collection documents the destroyed city of Nagasaki, Japan, and bombing in Manila, Philippines, 1945.
Scope and Contents:
Collection contains black and white photographic prints, black and white negatives, and lantern slides of the destroyed city of Nagasaki, Japan and bombing in Manila, Philippines. Images document street scenes, destroyed buildings, and people injured or killed. Materials are arranged in two series. Series one is photographic prints and negatives dating from 1945 and series two is lantern slides from the same time period.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into two series. Series 1: Photographic Prints and Negatives, 1945 Series 2: Lantern Slides, 1945
Related Materials:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Japanese American Documentary Collection, NMAH.AC.0305 Emilio Segre Collection, NMAH.AC.0691 Stephen A. Douglas World War Two Envelopes, NMAH.AC.0755 Anthony Lanza World War II Papers, NMAH.AC.0910 Bishop Mitsumyo Tottori Memorial Notebooks, NMAH.AC.0926 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Yasuo Kuniyoshi Papers, 1906-2016, bulk 1920-1990, AAA.kuniyasu George Leslie Stout Papers, 1855, 1897-1978, AAA.stougeor Kamekichi Tokita Papers, circa 1900-circa 2010, bulk circa 1910-1948, AAA.tokikame Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution Robert and Louise Koke Collection, FSA.A2019.05 National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution Japanese World War II Balloon Bombs Collection, NASM.XXXX.0558 World War II Japanese Bombing Collection, NASM.1995.0037 George Caron Family Photographs, NASM.2008.0037 Colonel William B. Hawkins Scrapbook Collection, NASM.2006.0023 William Jones World War II scrapbook, NASM.2006.0067 NOTSNIK Videotape and Hiroshima Photographs, NASM.2003.0022 Smithsonian Institution Archives George W. Nace Papers, Accession 05-223
Provenance:
Collection donated by Progressive Architecture, through managing editor, Rita R. Robinson, 1973.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Atomic bomb  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides -- 1900-1950
Negatives
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
Citation:
World War Two Bomb Damage Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1535
See more items in:
World War Two Bomb Damage Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88cc16244-2688-4887-8a5a-621fddd7e46d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1535