Title from caption on object: “With Forthcoming Tests on the Atom Bomb of Great Interest to U.S. Navy Men...”

March 1946

American 20th Century, United States Navy

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

United States Navy

Artist

ACME Newspictures

Publisher

The image displays a landscape littered with rubble. The foreground shows debris, with people walking among it. In the background, hills and a rise in the land can be seen. The sky is overcast with light clouds. The image is in black and white, highlighting the scene's somber feel. The color palette is a range of greys, adding to the photo's documentary nature. The style is realistic and documentary, showing the scale of devastation clearly.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17 × 21.3 cm (6 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 18 × 22.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.397

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top printed in image: SF547-NAGASAKI, JAPAN-3/6/46-With forthcoming tests on the atom bomb of great / interest to U.S. Navy men, these sailors in Japan visit the rubble desert that / once was the great city of Nagasaki. U.S. NAVY PHOTO by ACME TELEPHOTO.; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Saki 3 x 3 3/4; upper center stamped in red ink: MAR 8 1946; center left Acme copyright stamped in black ink; by unknown hand, center in graphite circled: Saki / 3 col x 3 3/4; across bottom in black ink: World War II-Japan-Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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