The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 1
Photographs from a serviceman's album pair sweeping views of Hiroshima's leveled cityscape after the atomic bombing of August 6, 1945 with quieter scenes of occupation-era Japan. Ruined foundations and railroad rights-of-way sit alongside fan dancers, city streets, and a converted Post Exchange, capturing both devastation and daily life.
Fire-Gutted Stone Building Entrance, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Panoramic View of Hiroshima in Ruins Following the Atomic Bombing, 1945
Panoramic View of the Devastated Hiroshima Cityscape, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Panoramic View of Atomic Bomb Devastation, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-WWII (1945-46)
View Toward Surviving Buildings and Ruins, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Elevated View of Ruined District and Harbor, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
American Servicemen Touring Bombed Industrial District, Hiroshima, Japan, 1945
Railroad Right-of-Way Through Devastated Landscape, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Fire-Damaged Industrial Plant with Exposed Machinery, Hiroshima Area, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Hiroshima Devastation, Post-Atomic Bombing — Occupation-Era Photograph
Panoramic View of Leveled Cityscape with Ruined Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Collapsed Industrial Structure Below Terraced Hillside, Hiroshima Area, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Gutted Institutional Building with Central Archway, Hiroshima, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Destroyed Industrial Complex on Terraced Hillside, Hiroshima Area, Japan, Post-Atomic Bomb, 1945
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Orphanage Group Portrait, Kita-Hiroshima, Japan
Young Man in Snow, Personal Snapshot -- Postwar Japan Photo Album (Non-Japan Scene)
Franciscan Missionary Orphanage, 'Angels' Garden,' Kita Hiroshima, Japan
Nun and Children, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Orphanage, Kita Hiroshima, Japan
Republic F-84 Thunderjets 'PS-541' and 'PS-562' on Snow-Covered Airfield, Japan — Postwar/Korean War Era
Postcard: Holy Infancy Mission, Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Kita Hiroshima, Japan
Children Carrying Infants, Franciscan Missionary Orphanage, Kita Hiroshima, Japan
American Serviceman in Snow, U.S. Home Front, WWII Era
Military Truck Towing Mobile Radar/Communications Shelter, U.S. Army Installation, Japan, Post-WWII Era
Two American Servicemen at Requisitioned Building, Occupation Era, Japan
Two U.S. Military Officers Outside Wooden Barracks Building, Postwar Japan Occupation Album (Hiroshima)
Street Scene in a Japanese City, Postwar Occupation Era
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star Jet Trainers on Snowy Ramp, U.S. Air Force Base
Multi-Story Building with Rooftop Radio Towers, Japanese City Street, Postwar Era
Group Portrait of Japanese Children with Catholic Religious Brother and Nun, Postwar Japan
Yellow-Toned Waterfall Landscape Photograph, Mounted in a WWII-Era Japan Photo Album
Snow-Covered Grounds with Lattice Tower, Long Institutional Building, and Weather Instrument Shelters
Steel Truss Bridge in Rural Mountainous Landscape, Japan, Postwar Era
Deteriorated Landscape Photograph, Possible Waterfall/River Scene, Postwar Japan Album
U.S. Port Director's Office, Nagasaki, Japan, Occupation Era
Three U.S. Army Servicemen on Steel Truss Bridge, Rural Japan, Occupation Era
River Scene with Traditional Wooden Boat, Rural Japan, Postwar Era
Panoramic View of Bay/Lake and Forested Mountain Ridge, Rural Japan, Postwar Era
Three U.S. Army Servicemen on Railroad Truss Bridge, Rural Japan, Occupation Era
Portrait of Man Seated in Armchair, Domestic Interior, Mid-20th Century
Two Girls Performing Traditional Fan Dance, Postwar Japan
GIs at Rest on a Wooded Hillside, Occupied Japan
Ship's Superstructure and Deck, Pacific Transport to Occupied Japan, Post-WWII
American Servicemen with Duffel Bags Awaiting Transport, Occupied Japan, Postwar
U.S. Army Post Exchange (PX) in Converted Japanese Building, Occupation Era
4th Replacement Depot Headquarters Directory Sign, Post-WWII Japan Occupation
American Servicemen Queued at Japanese Harbor Pier, Post-WWII Occupation, Hiroshima Area