Title from caption on object: “Atomic Cloud as Seen Off TV Screen”

May 5, 1955

American 20th Century

Artist

National Broadcasting Company

Publisher, American, founded 1929

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.2 × 22.1 cm (6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.7 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.637

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along right edge printed in image: (NY14-MAY 5) ATOMIC CLOUD AS SEEN OFF TV SCREEN--This view taken off / NBC television screen shows observers watching cloud from after largest / atomic blast held in the United States was set off on Yucca Flat in / Nevada today. (AP Wirephoto) (see story) (pr50843stf) 1955; on verso, upper right stamped in red ink perpendicular: MAY 7 - 1955; upper right printed in black ink perpendicular: ATOMIC BOMB TEST, NEVADA- 1955 / 550 - 350; lower center printed in black ink on applied barcode label inverted: ACJ-171-BS

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