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The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

This collection focuses on the decision to use the atomic bombs to end World War II with Japan. It includes documents and photographs covering the years 1945 through 1964. 

Atomic bomb blast

Documents

1945

1946

1947

1949

1951

1953

1957

1958

1963

1964

Undated

Photographs

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85-7 (untitled)

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Blast

85-7
62-769 (untitled)

Crowded Meeting Room at The Potsdam Conference

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62-769a (untitled)

Inscription from President Truman about Atomic Bomb on Back of Photo

62-769a
61-56 (untitled)

Fat Man, the atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki

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72-4148 (untitled)

The first atomic bomb test, Alamogordo, New Mexico

72-4148
58-435 (untitled)

Atomic explosion

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58-561 (untitled)

Atomic explosion over Nagasaki

58-561
98-2463 (untitled)

View of the Mitsubishi Torpedo Plant in Nagasaki, following the atomic bomb explosion

98-2463
63-1456-46A (untitled)

Truman's handwriting on the back of a Potsdam photograph describing telling Stalin about the atomic bomb

63-1456-46A
99-52 (untitled)

Robert F. Bacher Portrait

99-52
99-1056 (untitled)

Portrait of Dr. Leonard Schultz

99-1056
59-1611-10 (untitled)

Atomic bomb fireball

59-1611-10
59-1611-11 (untitled)

Atom bomb burst

59-1611-11
59-1611-12 (untitled)

Atom bomb fireball and shockwave

59-1611-12
59-1611-23 (untitled)

Atom bomb fireball and mushroom cloud

59-1611-23
59-1611-24 (untitled)

Atom bomb fireball and reflection

59-1611-24
59-1611-27 (untitled)

Atom bomb detonation

59-1611-27
98-2459 (untitled)

Aerial view of Hiroshima after atomic bomb blast

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98-2460 (untitled)

Hiroshima in ruins

98-2460
98-2461 (untitled)

Hiroshima in ruins

98-2461
98-38 (untitled)

President Truman greeting Prime Minister Clement Attlee at the White House

98-38
61-53 (untitled)

Atomic Bomb Explosion, Test

61-53
61-54 (untitled)

Hiroshima After the Atomic Bomb Blast

61-54
61-55 (untitled)

Little Boy, the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima

61-55
2008-196 (untitled)

Sons of American Revolution Raise Flag at Truman Library Ceremony

2008-196
2008-197 (untitled)

Sons of the American Revolution in Flag Ceremony at Truman Library

2008-197
2008-198 (untitled)

Flag Raising at Truman Library by Sons of the American Revolution

2008-198
2008-199 (untitled)

Sons of the American Revolution Raise Flag at Truman Library Ceremony

2008-199
2008-200 (untitled)

Sons of the American Revolution in Flag Ceremony at Truman Library

2008-200
2008-201 (untitled)

Crowd at Truman Library Listening to Paul W. Tibbets, Jr

2008-201
2008-202 (untitled)

Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Atomic Bomb Pilot, Speaks at Truman Library

2008-202
2008-203 (untitled)

Unidentified Members of the Harry S. Truman Appreciation Society at Truman Library

2008-203
2008-204 (untitled)

Crowd at Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. Book Signing at Truman Library

2008-204
72-4116 (untitled)

General Leslie Groves and Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

72-4116
72-4165 (untitled)

Scientists at Los Alamos

72-4165
72-4158 (untitled)

Trinity Test Tower

72-4158
2013-3655 (untitled)

Bombing Map of Manhattan

2013-3655
64-157 (untitled)

President Harry S. Truman Signing an Executive Order with Members of the Atomic Energy Commission

64-157
2023-428 (untitled)

View of Hiroshima Showing Early Construction of ABCC on Hijiyama Hill

2023-428
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2023-507 (untitled)

Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall Destroyed by the Atomic Bomb

2023-507
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2023-509 (untitled)

Man Sitting Among the Destruction in Hiroshima

2023-509
2023-142 (untitled)

Atomic Bomb Mushroom Cloud with Enola Gay Crew Signatures

2023-142
2023-511 (untitled)

Suémi Matsushige Clearing the Rubble in Her Barbershop Home

2023-511
2023-512 (untitled)

Treating Young Burn Victims in Hiroshima

2023-512
2023-460 (untitled)

Atomic Bomb Survivors Awaiting Ration Certificates

2023-460
2023-525 (untitled)

Marker Showing the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter in Nagasaki

2023-525
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