Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Photographs

286 items in this album on 15 pages.


William Laurence on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945.	Harry Truman diary entry regarding meeting with Joseph Stalin, 17 Jul 1945

The Szilárd Petition	Harry Truman diary entry, 18 Jul 1945, page 1 of 2

Harry Truman diary entry, 18 Jul 1945, page 2 of 2	Letter from US War Department to Carl Spaatz, ordering the use of atomic weapons, 25 Jul 1945

'Little Boy' type bomb casing hooked up to testing devices, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945	'A second kiss for Hirohito' message on the side of 'Fat Man' bomb by Rear Admiral W. R. Purnell while the bomb was in Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945

'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2	'Fat Man' bomb arriving at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2

'Fat Man' bomb being transported toward North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945	'Fat Man' implosion device being assembled, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945

Aerial photo of Hiroshima, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 1 of 2	Aerial photo of Hiroshima, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945, photo 2 of 2

Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan shortly prior to the atomic bombing, Jul-Aug 1945	Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, mid-1945

Aerial photo of Nagasaki, Japan, mid-1945	Atomic bomb 'Fat Man' on a transport carriage, Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945

Commander A. Francis Birch (painting L-11) and Norman Ramsey with 'Little Boy', Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1945	Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 1 of 5