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Title
Destruction after earthquake, Tokyo, Japan, 1923
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1923
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photographic postcard of a the damage done in Tokyo by an earthquake. Street lined with buildings that fell as a result of the earthquake. People are working in the street trying to clean up the debris and help injured people. Horses are tied to posts on both sides of the street.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m61839 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-052
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m61839
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-052.jpg
Subject
Damage
Earthquakes
Urban areas
General views
Time Period
1923
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited place: Tokyo
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/052 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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