Atomic bomb
Hiroshima in ruins
Another view of Hiroshima, showing devastation caused by first atomic bomb dropped on Japan in August, 1945. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.
Hiroshima in ruins
Hiroshima on Honshu Island lies in ruins as a result of August, 1945 atomic bombing that hastened Japanese capitulation. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.
Aerial view of Hiroshima after atomic bomb blast
Aerial view of Hiroshima depicts the terrific destructive force of the atomic bomb. This includes a duplicate photo and negative. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.
Truman's handwriting on the back of a Potsdam photograph describing telling Stalin about the atomic bomb
Harry S. Truman's handwriting on the back of a photograph of the Potsdam Conference area, accession number 63-1456-46: "In which I tell Stalin we expect to drop the most powerful explosive ever made on the Japanese. He smiled and said he appreciated my telling him--but he did not know what I was talking about--the Atomic Bomb! HST". See also 62-769 and 769A for negatives." From Potsdam album, 1945
View of the Mitsubishi Torpedo Plant in Nagasaki, following the atomic bomb explosion
Nagasaki's Mitsubishi Torpedo Plant, said to be the world's largest, following the atomic bomb explosion. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U.S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.
Atomic explosion over Nagasaki
Atomic explosion over Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II. Same as 85-7.
Atomic explosion
Atomic bomb explosion at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada. Original is oversize.
Fat Man, the atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki
Nuclear Weapon of the "Fat Man" type, the kind detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II. he-bomb is 60-inches in diameter and 128- inches long'. The second nuclear weapon to be detonated. it weighed about 10,000 pounds and had a yield of equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of high explosive.