Men Against the Atom Bomb
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Men Against the Atom Bomb

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Photograph

Men Against the Atom Bomb

April 22, 1951
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (20.8 × 16.5 cm)
Paper: 8 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (22.7 × 18 cm)
Museum accession
2007.0056.0001
Inscriptions typed on paper label attached to verso, BC: 9165 F \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO \ (ONE OF A YEAREND SERIES OF 24 PICTURES \ ILLUSTRATING HIGHLIGHTS OF 1952) \ MEN AGAINST THE ATOM BOMB \ THIS FAMILIAR ATOMIC BLAST MUSHROOM RISING OVER \ NEVADA'S YUCCA FLAT LAST APRIL 22ND MARKED A \ NEW STEP IN THE AWESOME EXPERIMENTS--1,500 \ SOLDIERS AND OBSERVERS RECEIVED THEIR NUCLEAR \ BAPTISM CLOSER TO THE HEART OF THE FLAMING \ BURST THAN EVER BEFORE EXCEPT FOR THE SURVIVORS \ OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. TROOPS IN GROUND \ TRENCHES AND HISTORY'S FIRST ATOMIC SMOKE \ JUMPERS WHO PARACHUTED BEHIND THE NUCLEAR DUST \ CURTAIN EMERGED UNHARMED. \ JDC/JS 12/2/52 / 115P / STF / 175 \ WABC NYWS NR BING MON TMC NWSWK WW LON ROME \ PAR GERMANY
inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: 1 1/2 x 6 \ Atom \ [illegible] Sw (?)
inscribed in pencil on verso, RT: File R(?)eno [sideways]
stamped in black ink on verso, BC: [Associated Press Newsphoto copyright warning/notice] [sideways]
inscribed in pencil on verso, LB: 3337

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