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Death Valley Junction with a mushroom cloud due to atomic testing nearby: photographic print

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Date
1951 (year approximate)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada -- Subseries II.C. Toles-Turner Family. Death Valley Junction in Nevada with a mushroom cloud resulting from open air atomic testing at the nearby Nevada Test Site rising in the background, probably 1951. The railroad station in the background was moved to Lathrop Wells, where it was used as a brothel. Prior to being moved, the station served as a schoolhouse.

Digital ID
pho005042
Physical Identifier
0221_0146
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d50k25n
Details
Subject
Mushroom clouds
Cities and towns
Coffee shops
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Place
Death Valley Junction
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Death Valley Junction with a mushroom cloud resulting from open air atomic testing at the nearby Nevada Test Site, 1951
Citation

pho005042. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d50k25n

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Digital Provenance
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Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
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