DescriptionRobert L. Capp Great Kantō earthquake 3.jpg	Photos of 1923 Great Kantō earthquake - Robert L. Capp Collection
Date	1923
Source	http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/smalloy/atomic_tragedy/capp_3.html
Author	Robert L. Capp
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"The Robert L. Capp collection at the Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University contains ten photographs purportedly showing the immediate aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing. 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 several of these photos are actually of the 1923 Kanto earthquake. While I cannot speak for the entire collection, this evidence raises grave doubts about all of the photos and strongly suggests 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, sent a correction to my publisher, and forwarded all evidence that I have received casting doubt on the photos directly to the Hoover Archives so that they can conduct their own investigation. Should that investigation shed any light on the circumstances surrounding the Capp collection, I will make that information available here."

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