Local Television

1952

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph of a mushroom cloud. The image depicts the shape of a mushroom cloud, which is a large column of smoke and debris rising from the ground and expanding outward. The photograph is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast of the cloud against the sky and landscape. The grainy texture suggests the image might be from an older film or television screen. The scale of the mushroom cloud suggests a massive explosion beneath.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 17 × 21 cm (6 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.636

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: historicimages.com / orb56382; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: Television - local; center in graphite perpendicular: memorable / 2 col cc- sun / TV section; center right in blue ink perpendicular, underlined, and crossed out in graphite: Television; lower center in blue ink: 1952

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