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The Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan. September 1, 1923.

Dates

Date Taken
1923-09-01

Summary

Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan, Earthquake September 1, 1923. "A good idea of the tremendous devastation in Tokyo wrought by earthquake and fire. Enclosed find a few snaps taken on the top of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which is the only hotel in the earthquake district that survived." J.H. Messervey, letter dated March 5, 1924.

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Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Messervey, J.H.

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Lang, G.A. Collection.

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name photoLibrary lga00004
number photoLibrary 10557
batch photoLibrary batch93
number_in_book photoLibrary 4

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