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Little Boy, the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima

61-55
Accession Number
61-55
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Related Collection
HST Keywords
Atomic Bomb - "Little Boy"; Hiroshima - Atomic Bomb
Rights

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Credit:

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Nuclear weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. The bomb is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. The first nuclear weapon ever detonated, it weighed about 9,000 pounds and had a yield equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of high explosive.

Date(s)
1945