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Where can I find photos of Hiroshima before the bombing and during the rebuilding?

All I seem to find is photos just after the bombing. A record of the rebuilding would be interesting.

Strange you should mention Hiroshima, because yesterday I was watching an episode of the "Antiques Road Show" in which a lady showed a porcelain expert two Japanese china bowls which had been fused together during the atomic bomb explosion at Hiroshima.

Here is a short Video of the Enola Gaye : -

[..this includes a very brief glimps of Hiroshima before the bomb]

YouTube - Hiroshima!
Because somethings cannot be forgotten or forgiven...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n1rqHo4XyM

Here's Hiroshima before the bombing : -

Hiroshima Before the Bombing
The T-shaped bridge is said to have been the target of the A-bomb. Aioi Bridge
before it was rebuilt in a T-shape. Courtesy of Hiroshima Municipal Archives ...
http://www.hiroshima-spirit.jp/en/museum/morgue_e11.html

These next links show the rebuilding of Hiroshima : -

The Restoration after the A-bomb
The reconstruction of Hiroshima began with relief activities, ... How about
collecting drawings of reconstruction plans for Hiroshima from people all over ...
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/kikaku/joho/toukei/History-E/c04.html - Cached

Hiroshima Returning to Life
Less than ten days after the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, World War II came
to an ... they could find and began rebuilding their homes and their lives. ...
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/kids/KPSH_E/hiroshima_e/sadako_e/subcontents_e/12yomigaer... - Cached

Hiroshima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[12] Several U.S. civic leaders and scholars were consulted about the rebuilding
plan. [citation needed]. In 1949, a design was selected for the Hiroshima ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima - Cached

War, the A-bomb and the people of Hiroshima
Enacted in 1949, the law established as a national goal, the rebuilding of
Hiroshima as a "symbol of the ideal of making lasting peace a reality." ...
http://www.hiroshima-spirit.jp/en/museum/morgue_e21.html

TO THE PEOPLE OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
BANZAI

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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