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Before the bombing

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
(Photo: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)

Western-style garden on the building’s south side
(Photo: Hiroshima Municipal Archives)

Japanese-style garden on the building’s north side
(Photo: Hiroshima Municipal Archives)

The Commercial Exhibition Hall at the time of the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Promotion Fair
(Photo: Hiroshima Municipal Archives)

The Commercial Exhibition Hall at the time of the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Promotion Fair (night view)
(Photo: Hiroshima Municipal Archives)

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall in the 1930s
(Photo: Hiroshima Municipal Archives)

Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall from a distance
(Photo: Hiroshima Municipal Archives)

After the bombing

Aerial photo (Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, bottom left)
(Photo: Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Museum, taken by U.S. Military)

Aerial photo (Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, center)
(Photo: Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Museum, taken by U.S. Military)

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
(Photo: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, taken by Toshio Kawamoto)

View to the northwest from the hypocenter
(Photo: Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Museum, taken by U.S. Military)

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall and hypocenter area from the roof of the Hiroshima Prefectural Commerce Association
(Photo: Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Museum, taken by U.S. Military)

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
(Photo: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, taken by Shigeo Hayashi)

Recent Years

Atomic Bomb Dome viewed from above, north side

Atomic Bomb Dome and cherry blossoms

Atomic Bomb Dome viewed from the east

Atomic Bomb Dome viewed from below

Atomic Bomb Dome viewed from below, east side

Atomic Bomb Dome viewed from the northwest