Structures on either side of Kencho Dori in ruins, Okayama, Japan, Aug 1945; the area in lower right corner of the photograph was the Okayama Women's Commercial School (now the Prefectural Library), and the surviving major structures in the background were the Tenmaya department store (left), Chugoku Bank building (center), and the Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital (right)

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Caption     Structures on either side of Kencho Dori in ruins, Okayama, Japan, Aug 1945; the area in lower right corner of the photograph was the Okayama Women's Commercial School (now the Prefectural Library), and the surviving major structures in the background were the Tenmaya department store (left), Chugoku Bank building (center), and the Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital (right) ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Okayama, Japan
Date  Aug 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Licensing  This work originating in Japan is in the public domain. According to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970, a work is in the public domain if it was created or published before 1 Jan 1957.

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