Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in purple ink on applied paper perpendicular: HIROSHIMA--ONE YEAR AFTER [underlined] / HIROSHIMA, JAPAN--ONE YEAR AGO, ON AUGUST 6, / 1945, THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB USED IN WARFARE / WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA--AND THE CITY STILL / PRESENTS THE SCENE OF DEVASTATION THAT GREETED / THE JAPANESE WHEN THE AIR CLEARED ON THAT FATAL / DAY. THE CITY, WITH A POPULATION OF 343,000, / WAS 60 PER CENT OBLITERATED. OF ITS 6.9 SQUARE / MILES OF AREA, ONLY 2.8 SQUARE MILES REMAINED / UNDAMAGED. A LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE TO REBUILD / THE SHATTERED AREA, BUT IT MAKES A PITIFUL / CONTRAST WITH THE WORK THAT STILL REMAINS TO / BE DONE. IT IS AS IF THE EARTH, WORN OUT WITH / THE STRANGE LASHING IT RECEIVED, REFUSED TO / BE MOLDED ONCE AGAIN INTO THE SEMBLANCE OF / WHAT ONCE IT WAS. THESE PHOTOS BY TOM SHAFER, / ACME CORRESPONDENT, ARE TYPICAL SCENES OF / HIROSHIMA--ONE YEAR AFTER…. SHA 805890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / THIS CHILD WILL REMEMBER THE ATOM BOMBING / OF HIROSHIMA AS LONG AS SHE LIVES--SHE CARRIES / ITS HIDEOUS SCARS. EVEN IF THAT WEREN’T ENOUGH, / THE SIGNS ARE ALL AROUND HER; THE VERY SCHOOL- / ROOM SHE SITS IN BEARS WITNESS TO THE TERRIBLE / DESTRUCTION ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY. / FULL / CREDIT (ACME) 7-28-46 (LG)