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Bombs Away
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Photograph of Hiroshima blast by Sgt. George R. Caron, August 6, 1945. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Trinity site explosion by Berlyn Brixner, July 16, 1945. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons. -
137 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Group of people near damaged trolley cars, Hiroshima], October 31, 1945. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy International Center of Photography.
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253 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Ruins of Shima Surgical Hospital, Hiroshima], October 24, 1945. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy International Center of Photography.
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1 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Distorted steel-frame structure of Odamasa Store, Hiroshima], November 20, 1945. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy International Center of Photography. -
257 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Ruins of Nagarekawa Church of the Japan Christian Society interior, Hiroshima], October 26, 1945. Gelatin silver contact print. Courtesy International Center of Photography. -
6 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Remains of a school building], November 17, 1945. Gelatin silver contact print. Courtesy International Center of Photography. -
9 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Buckle of north wall of wing number one of Funairi Grammar School, Hiroshima], November 20, 1945. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy International Center of Photography. -
5 CREDIT: United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Charred boy’s jacket found near Hiroshima City Hall], November 5, 1945. Gelatin silver contact print. Courtesy International Center of Photography.
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Photograph of Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Baker test explosion by United States Department of Defense, July 25, 1946 via Wikimedia Commons. -
Photograph of Badger test explosion, April 18, 1953 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Photograph of Tumbler-Snapper test explosion by the federal government of the United States, May 1, 1952 via Wikimedia Commons. -
CREDIT: Unidentified Photographer, [Mushroom cloud from atomic bomb test, Yucca Flat, Nevada], April 22, 1952. Courtesy International Center of Photography.