Ralph Earle Color Slides of Atomic Bomb Test
name: label: Creator
content: Earle, Ralph
place: label: Place
content: Nevada
topic: label: Topic
content: Atomic bomb
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Ralph Earle.
creator: label: Creator
content: Earle, Ralph
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content: Ralph Earle Color Slides of Atomic Bomb Test
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt approved plans to begin the development of an atomic bomb. Nuclear physicists worked with the U.S. Army in what was known as the Manhattan Project. The first test of an atomic bomb was conducted in July of 1945 in the Nevada Desert. This collection contains images of one of those early tests, captured by Ralph Earle. Within one month of the first test, President Harry S. Truman ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagaski.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945.
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Photographed by Ralph Earle. In his custody since 1945.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0794
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 2 series: (a) Lantern slides, 3-1/4 x 4"; and (b) 35mm slides.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is processed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Slides (photographs) -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Color -- Slides -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 11 lantern slides and 18 35mm slides, all glass-mounted and taped at edges, showing an atomic bomb test explosion. Of this collection, two slides contain images of the crew conducting the test and a third shows the camp and some of the equipment used. The remainder contain images of explosions and the resulting smoke.