A sign marking a Hiroshima tree damaged by radiation

An black and white portrait photograph showing a sign in front of tree. The sign reads 'A SULTANS PAPASOL [sic] WAS DAMAGED THE TEAR OF THIS BARK AND SPOTS AROUND IT SHOW BURU AND MARKS BY THE RADIOAC-TIVE HERT RAYS:' with smaller below 'THIS TREE WAS TRANSPLANTED FROM THE PLACE ... FROM THE ATOMIC CENTER' and a Japanese inscription below. The sign rises from a shrub at the base of the trunk of a tree, the top of which is out of frame. A stone archway, part of a larger one-storey building, can be seen in the background. This photgraph is a on a page (showing ALB1760.111-120) captioned 'HIROSHIMA. 1953.' in its centre.

Sultan's Parasol is type of deciduous Asian tree (Firmiana simplex).

In Japan, the term 'hibakujumoku' is used for trees that survived the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.