Title from caption on object: “Power Unlimited”
1945, printed August 1950
American 20th Century, United States Air Force
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17 × 21.4 cm (6 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 18.2 × 22.9 cm (7 3/16 × 9 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.392
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: Book Page / [reproduction of image] / Nagasaki [underlined in blue crayon] After the Atomic Bomb [underlined in blue crayon] / Carthage was destroyed even more thoroughly; by unknown hand, center in blue crayon circled and perpendicular: Japan; lower center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: FOR RELEASE: AFTER 7 P.M., AUGUST 12, 1950 / W 945752 . . . . . . . . . .NEW YORK BUREAU / POWER UNLIMITED / NAGASAKI, [underlined in red crayon] JAPAN: [circled in red crayon] THIS IS AN UNSHIELDED / RESIDENTIAL AREA OF NAGASAKI, REDUCED TO / RUBBLE BY THE ATOMIC BOMB. DEBRIS HAS / ALREADY BEEN CLEARED FROM ROADWAY. (HOLD FOR / USE WITH THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION’S “THE / EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS" REPORT FOR / PUBLIC RELEASE AFTER 7 P.M. (E.D.T.) / SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1950.) / NY-1-2-3-4 CAN MGS MX FOR / CREDIT (A.E.C. PHOTO FROM ACME) 8/2 / FOR RELEASE: AFTER 7 P.M., AUGUST