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13 May 2008 02:43 pm
Those Hiroshima Photos
You can see them here. There are now some questions about their authenticity. Le Monde has a story. From the website:
Mr.
Capp was assigned to the occupation forces outside Hiroshima after
World War II. According to to Mr. Capp's oral history (available along
with the photographs in the Robert L. Capp collection), he found these
photos among rolls of undeveloped film in a cave outside of Hiroshima.
Since making these photographs publicly available, I have received
reliable proof that at least two of these photos are actually of the
1923 Kanto earthquake. While I cannot speak for the entire collection,
this evidence raises doubts about all of the photos and raises the
strong possibility that the identification provided by the Hoover
Archives is incorrect. I take full responsibility for my own failure to
take additional steps to verify that the original archival designation
was correct. I have removed the photographs until and unless their
source can be verified by further research.
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