Bomb-damaged building with scaffolding in Tokyo, June 4, 1947
Item — Box: 1, item: G-16
Bomb-damaged building being rebuilt, with bamboo scaffolding surrounding the outside walls. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The mats of rice straw and the scaffolding of bamboo poles around a bomb-damaged building right next to the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Some of the larger mats are of bamboo canes. Scaffolding is fastened together with rope made from rice straw."
Dates
- Creation: June 4, 1947
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Language of Materials
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Library Details
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University of Maryland Libraries
Hornbake Library
4130 Campus Drive
College Park Maryland 20742
301-405-9212
askhornbake@umd.edu