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United States Government Tokyo Damage

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09595.049 Author/Creator: United States Government Place Written: Tokyo, Japan Type: Photograph Date: circa 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph ; Order a Copy

One undated photograph entitled Tokyo Damage. A composite of two maps of Tokyo side by side. One map is a black and white key of areas of damage in Tokyo after a bombing. The other image is an aerial view of Tokyo with the same areas outlined to be compared to the key image.

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