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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE06-12
Creator Yoshie Michida
Age at the Time 30
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,500m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 27×39
Description Child fleeing on a raft, a screaming mother too slow to climb on
1,500 m from the hypocenter, downstream from Sumiyoshi Bridge
August 6, 1945, about 10:00 a.m.
Yoshie Michida (30 at the time of the bombing, 59 when she drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
Among the survivors taking refuge downstream from Sumiyoshi Bridge, a child got onto a raft. The mother, too slow to get on, was screaming hysterically as if she were dying.

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