[ATOMIC BOMB]. A group of 8 images relating to nuclear tests. 1945-1957 (printed 2009).
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Jun 7, 2024
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[ATOMIC BOMB]. A group of 8 images relating to nuclear tests. 1945-1957 (but printed 2009).
Visible area of each 19 1/2 x 15 in. or smaller. Each color or black and white photographs dating from the 1940s and 1950s relating to various nuclear weapons tests including Trinity, Knothole, Grable, and Hood on Harman Fiber paper. 3 matted and framed (unexamined out of frame) and 5 unframed.
From 1945 to 1992 the United States conducted 1,054 nuclear tests, most of which took place at the Nevada Test Site and the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands.
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