A boy sitting in the rubble of his house after an earthquake
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-299-14
PARENT COLLECTION
Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5497. 29 June 48 / Quake rocks southern coast of Japan: / playing with dirt on the spot where his house / once stood this Japanese child, too / young to realize what has happen [sic], is / undisturbed by the horrow which sur- / rounds him. The quake which struck / on June 28, 1948, without warning / left the southern coast of Japan in / mins. / Photographer - Bearss - Sarabia / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."
DATE
June 29, 1948
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
FACILITY
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
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