Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Japanese Hospital Damaged By Quake -- This hospital at Obihito on Hokkaido Island, Northern Japan, shows heavy damage caused by a 10-minute earthquake. It was so badly damaged it could not be used to shelter quake casualties. This picture was transmitted by land line from the scene to Tokyo and then radioed to San Francisco.
Japanese Hospital Damaged By Quake -- This hospital at Obihito on Hokkaido Island, Northern Japan, shows heavy damage caused by a 10-minute earthquake. It was so badly damaged it could not be used to shelter quake casualties. This picture was transmitted by land line from the scene to Tokyo and then radioed to San Francisco.
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Japanese Hospital Damaged By Quake -- This hospital at Obihito on Hokkaido Island, Northern Japan, shows heavy damage caused by a 10-minute earthquake. It was so badly damaged it could not be used to shelter quake casualties. This picture was transmitted by land line from the scene to Tokyo and then radioed to San Francisco.

Associated Press · [ca. March 1952]

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[Information from item housing] Earthquakes - Japan - March - 1952 (Northern Japan)

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