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The Earthquake and Fires
Photograph: The Central Meteorological Observatory in Tokyo Photograph: Japanese seismograph Photograph: Seismographic record of the Great Kantō Earthquake Postcard: Cracks in the earth illustrate the power of the Great Kantō Earthquake Postcard: Picture of damage to train tracks at Hakone Postcard: Picture of Tokyo tramcars and lines destroyed by fire Postcard: View of Nihonbashi dōri after the earthquake Postcard: Before and after picture of Ginza dōri, Tokyo Postcard: Before and after pictures of Manseibashi station, Sudachō, Tokyo Postcard: Fukagawa Ward Burning as Seen from Army Reconnaissance Plane Postcard: Picture of the Tokyo Dentō Company engulfed in flames, Yūrakuchō, Tokyo Postcard: Scene of destruction around Ueno Hirokōji, Tokyo Postcard: Before and after picture of Hanayashiki, Asakusa Postcard: Before and after picture of Tokyo Metropolitan Police headquarters Postcard: Before and after picture of Nakamise dōri, Asakusa Postcard: Before and after picture of the twelve storey tower of Asakusa, broken at the sixth floor Postcard: Before and after picture of Kokugikan, Honjo, Tokyo Postcard: Before and after picture of Nihonbashi Bridge Postcard: Before and after picture of the Ginza Postcard: Before and after picture of Yoshiwara brothel district, Tokyo Lithograph print: Scene of pandemonium at Hanayashiki, Asakusa Lithograph print: People flee Tokyo on the Sumida River as fires approach Postcard: The area around Kyōbashi engulfed in flames Postcard: Fire engulfs the Tokyo Metropolitan police headquarters and the imperial theatre Postcard: Disaster victims flee the fires engulfing Tokyo Postcard: Destruction of the twelve storey tower of Asakusa Postcard: Fires approaching Kyōbashi, Tokyo Postcard: The Tokyo Metropolitan police headquarters on fire Postcard: The remains of Yoshiwara, Tokyo Postcard: Fires in the vicinity of Hibiya Park Postcard: Earthquake damage in Tsukiji, Tokyo Postcard: Fires engulf Wakamiyachō as seen from the vantage point of Honjo Sotodemachi, Tokyo Photograph: Smoke from the fires burning Tokyo in front of a large cumulonimbus cloud Photograph: The clock of the Central Meteorological Observatory frozen at 11.58am, the moment the first earthquake struck eastern Japan Postcard: Representation of people engulfed by flame Postcard: The remains of Azumabashi Bridge, Tokyo Postcard: The remains of the Kokugikan Postcard: The remains of Manseibashi train station Postcard: Remains of the Sapporo brewery in Tokyo Postcard: Before and after picture of Azumabashi Bridge Postcard: Before and after image of Ryōgoku Bridge Postcard: Before and after pictures of the twelve storey tower of Asakusa Postcard: Before and after picture of Ueno train station, Tokyo Postcard: Before and after picture of Nakamise dōri, Asakusa Postcard: Before and after picture of Tokyo Metropolitan police headquarters and imperial theatre Photograph: Newspaper articles related to the earthquake and fires

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