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Joint Army Navy Task Force - First Atomic Bomb Test (Operation Crossroads, Able) at Bikini Atoll, June 30, 1946
1946
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 13.6 x 20.4 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 16.8 x 21.7 cm (6 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 16.8 x 21.7 cm (6 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession Number2015.2964
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionOfficial US Navy press print
InscriptionsVerso, typed, u.l.: EXPLOSION EN BIKINI, PRIMERA BOMBA DESDE UN AVION.
Verso, stamped in black ink: ctr:
International News Photo
A United […] Synd.
235 East 46th Street
This photograph is not sold but a licen[…] granted for publications as a new photograph only. It must not be loaned or sold without our consent and must be returned at our request. It can be used for advertising purposes or for purposes of trade only if you first secure the written permission of the individuals appearing in it.
Verso, stamped in black ink: ctr:
International News Photo
A United […] Synd.
235 East 46th Street
This photograph is not sold but a licen[…] granted for publications as a new photograph only. It must not be loaned or sold without our consent and must be returned at our request. It can be used for advertising purposes or for purposes of trade only if you first secure the written permission of the individuals appearing in it.
Provenance1946, distributed as a press photograph by the International News Service, New York. November 29, 2014, sold online by The Toronto Photo Gallery to Garry Edwards Gallery, Washington, DC; 2015, sold by Garry Edwards Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)