A-bomb artifacts


Code 3103-0001
Artifact name Child's dress
Donator Matsuko Egi
Receiving date 1979/06/27
Dimension (W×H×D) (mm) 420×390
Distance from hypocenter (m) 1900
Number 1
Location Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas
Caption Matsuko Egi and her daughter Chizuko (then 20 months) were waiting for a train at Hiroshima Station when the bomb exploded. They climbed over the mountain near the station and walked to Yaguchi Station on the Geibi Line. They managed to catch a train, but when Matsuko fainted they ware taken for help to a school in Miyoshi.

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