Japanese nurse bandages injured infant
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-299-43
PARENT COLLECTION
Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5608. 30 June 48 / Medical aid for earthquake: / A Japanese first aid attendent puts / the finishing touches to the bandage / which she has placed around this / Japanese infant's injured head. The / earthquake, worst Japanese post war / disaster, struck merclessly [sic] late / in the afternoon og 28 June 1948, / leaving a death toll of over 3,000 / and hundereds of thousands homeless. / Photographer - Dargis / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps. / 097"
DATE
June 30, 1948
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Akimoto Accession. In box of US Army photos in post-war Japan.
RIGHTS
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
