Praying over earthquake victims
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-299-39
PARENT COLLECTION
Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5607. 30 June 48 / Charred remains excavated from / earthquake ruins: / Japanese pray over the charred / remains of Japanese earthquake victims / in Fukui, Japanese sea town hardest / hit by the earthquake of 28 June 1948, / which stuck without warning in the / late afternoon, leaving a trail of / homelessness and death in its wake. / The food in the foreground is an / offering to the dead. / Photographer - Dargis / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."
DATE
June 30, 1948
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
FACILITY
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
RIGHTS
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
