Object number:
2000.1.890
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
August 9, 1983
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 11 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Depiction: Japanese stand in front of a very European-looking church at night. Many hold torches as they commemorate the bombing of Nagasaki. A grandmother holds the hand of her grandson who holds a candle. Photo caption reads: About 2,500 people hold torches in front of Crakami church in Nagasaki after the special mass offered by Cardinal Asajiro Satowaki The 38th anniversary of nuclear holocaust in Nagasaki was over this morning.
Concepts:
torch; memorial; boy; child; flame; fire; church; nuclear war; man; woman; nuclear weapon; World War II; Catholic mass
Places:
Japan
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