Overhead view of Fukui, Japan
PARTNER
Densho
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OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-299-44
PARENT COLLECTION
Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early reconstruction / period. With experts estimating / that six years will be necessary / to complete this job, the Japanese / have begun to rebuild their homes. / Photographer - Dargis / Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps."
DATE
July 28, 1948
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
FACILITY
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection
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