Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in black ink inverted: World War II-Japan-Hiroshima & Nagasaki; upper left stamped in red ink inverted: SEP 17 1945; center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: 1073 D / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / ADVANCE FOR RELEASE TO PM'S OF MONDAY, / SEPT.17, 1945. / FORWARDING ADDRESS / A JAP CIVILIAN EXAMINES SIGN STAND- / ING IN CENTER OF MASS OF RUBBLE THAT ONCE / WAS A HOME IN NAGASAKI, JAP CITY BLASTED / AUGUST 9 BY ATOMIC BOMB. SIGN, LEFT BY / FORMER RESIDENT OF THE HOME, GIVES A FOR- / WARDING ADDRESS, AND SINCE AREA IT OCCUP- / IED WAS IN CENTER OF BOMB EXPLOSION, OWNER / HAD TO GO A LONG WAY TO FIND AN UNDAMAGED / PLACE TO SET UP HOUSEKEEPING. / ADVANCE FOR RELEASE TO PM'S OF MONDAY, / SEPT. 17, 1945. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / JM-9/14/45-1220P A-PL 154 / WA GD NYWS MON TMC PA LON MEXCITY FOREIGN