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Title
A-bomb blast seen in Los Angeles
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1953
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; "Photograph included in the exhibits: ""Extra! More local news" and “Edited for Publication: Photographic Manipulations in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner”"
An A-bomb blast set off in Nevada at 4:36 a.m., on April 18, 1953, was judged by early risers to have been the most sensational of any seen so far. The blast made the eastern horizon as "bright as day."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00034822
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 226-A-bomb blast in L.A.
CARL0000037996
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15549
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nuclear weapons--Nevada--Testing
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Civic centers--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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