Cold War Photographs

Atomic Bomb Collection Finding Aid

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Many of the original images are in color.

Bikini Atoll, 1 July 1946 "Fireball on Able Day" (Atomic Bomb Collection, Box 8, Photo #218712-023-15)

Second Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Lagoon, Baker Day, 24 July 1946 (Atomic Bomb Collection, Box 8, Photo #218172-023-2)

Atomic Bomb Blast, Operation Crossroads, Bikini Lagoon, July 1946 (Atomic Bomb Collection, Box 8, Photo #218172)

Atomic Bomb Blast, Operation Crossroads, Bikini Lagoon, July 1946 (Atomic Bomb Collection, Box 8, Photo #218172)

Baker Day at Bikini Atoll, 25 July 1946 (Atomic Bomb Collection, Box 8, Photo #34318 A.C.)

Second Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Lagoon, Baker Day, 24 July 1946 "Sweeping out in all directions, this haze of water, steam, spray and radio active substances obscured all but wxtreme outer fronges of the Crossroads target fleet a few minutes after the Baker Day blast. This photograph was taken by an automatic camera mounted in one of the photograhic towers on a nearby island. This is the fifth atomic bomb to be exploded."
(Atomic Bomb Collection, Box 8, Photo #218712-023-12)