Title from caption on object: “How A-Bomb Blast Looked to New York Televiewers”

April 22, 1952

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

National Broadcasting Company

Publisher, American, founded 1929

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of an A-bomb explosion viewed on a television screen. The black and white image captures the moment an explosion forms a dark, circular shape amidst a blurred, grayscale background. The edges are slightly out of focus. The lower portion of the image features text indicating a description of the event, explaining that it is how an A-bomb explosion at Yucca Flat, Nevada, appeared to viewers in New York via NBC's monitor set. The photograph carries historical significance, illustrating how news of nuclear tests was broadcasted to the public in the 1950s.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.2 × 21.6 cm (7 3/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.8 × 25.4 cm (8 3/16 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.635

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop mark center left in orange ink; across bottom printed in image: (NY11-APRIL 22) HOW A-BOMB BLAST LOOKED TO NEW YORK TELEVIEWERS-This / is how start of today’s A-bomb explosion at Yucca Flat, Nevada, looked / on television screen in New York. This view was made from NBC’s / monitor set. (APWirephoto) pjm/w31240stf) 1952 (SEE WIRE STORY); on verso, by unknown hand, center in blue ink perpendicular and circled: Atomic Bomb Test

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