Friday, August 08, 2014

Hiroshima Lost and Found

Years after the Hiroshima bombings a man walking his dog in Watertown, Massachusetts spied a trunk in a pile of curb side trash. He brought it home and in it he found 700 images documenting the devastating effects of the first use of the atomic bomb.

Complete destruction of wooden floor (air-space beneath) and telephone switch
 and relay racks of Hiroshima Telephone Company, Central District Exchange


Damaged interior of Hiroshima Railway Station


Read the fascinating story by Adam Harrison Levy at Design Observer

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