Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in white paint; on verso, by unknown hand, along left edge in black ink: World War II--Japan--Hiroshima & Nagasaki; upper left stamped in red ink inverted: 1945; center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: HOLD FOR RELEASE: MON., PM, SEPT. 17TH, 1945 / NAGASAKI -- CITY OF WHOLESALE ANNIHILATION / NAGASAKI, JAPAN -- NAGASAKI, SECOND JAPANESE / CITY TO FEEL THE FURY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB, IS / IN RUINS TODAY, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AFTER / THE AUG. 9TH BOMBING. THE SINGLE BOMB, WHICH / FLOATED TO EARTH SUPPORTED BY THREE PARA- / CHUTES AND EXPLODED 1,500 FEET ABOVE THE / HEART OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICT, DES- / TROYED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING OVER A FOUR / MILE-AREA. WITNESSES SAID FIRST THERE WAS / A LARGE FLASH, FOLLOWED BY THE EXPLOSION. / THEN THEY SAW WAVES OF AIR WHICH LOOKED LIKE / A POOL OF WATER AFTER A PEBBLE HAD BEEN / DROPPED INTO IT. THE MITSUBISHI STEEL WORKS, / SITUATED A MILE AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF THE / BLAST, WAS FLATTENED COMPLETELY, LEAVING / [illegible] STEEL SKELETONS. IT IS ESTIMATED / [obscured] / CORRESPONDENT STANLEY TROUTMAN, WHO WAS / WITH THE FIRST GROUP OF AMERICANS TO ENTER / THE AREA. / TRO 771606 WP. . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / THIS GREAT, HULKING, MASS OF WRECKAGE / IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE THREE-QUARTER / MILE-LONG PLANT OF THE MITSUBISHI STEEL / WORKS, SITUATED A MILE FROM THE PLACE WHERE / THE BOMB [circled in graphite] EXPLODED. NOTE HOW THE FORCE OF THE / EXPLOSION MADE THE STEEL FRAMEWORK LEAN TO / ONE SIDE. ACME PHOTO BY STANLEY TROUTMAN, / ACME WAS POOL CORRESPONDENT. / CREDIT (ACME) (WP) 9/13/45 (MD) / BU DJH SPL FOR MGS 70 CAN