World War Two Bomb Damage Photographs
name: label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
place: label: Place
content: Manila (Philippines)
label: Place
content: Nagasaki (Japan)
topic: label: Topic
content: Atomic bomb
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Progressive Architecture, through managing editor, Rita R. Robinson, 1973.
setName: label: See more items in
content: World War Two Bomb Damage Photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the destroyed city of Nagasaki, Japan, and bombing in Manila, Philippines, 1945.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1535
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Photographic Prints and Negatives, 1945


Series 2: Lantern Slides, 1945
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection contains black and white photographic prints, black and white negatives, and lantern slides of the destroyed city of Nagasaki, Japan and bombing in Manila, Philippines. Images document street scenes, destroyed buildings, and people injured or killed. Materials are arranged in two series. Series one is photographic prints and negatives dating from 1945 and series two is  lantern slides from the same time period.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution


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