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Title: Atomic blast seen in Los Angeles
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1952
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 caption, dated May 7, 1952, reads, "Atomic blast gives Los Angeles a early 'sunrise.' It was still night in Los Angeles at 5:15 a.m. today when the 'early sunrise' flashed momentarily on the northeastern horizon. The flash came from the latest atomic blast in Nevada. Photo above was taken from top of hill at Sixth and St. Paul streets. City Hall and its beacon clearly show."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00030177
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 10980
CARL0000033173
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/10560
Subject: Nuclear weapons--Nevada--Testing
Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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