The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Caption Card: "Graveyard Near the Center of the Blast" — Hiroshima Photo Album

Handwritten Caption Card: "Graveyard Near the Center of the Blast" — Hiroshima Photo Album

A handwritten caption from a personal photo album reads: "Graveyard near the center of the blast. Building in right background is a bank now in use." Notes like this, paired with photographs taken by American servicemen or visitors, documented the devastation and early rebuilding efforts in Hiroshima following the atomic bombing of August 1945. Project: 218248