'The Fat Boy' Which Devastated Nagasaki

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1960-12-06 (1945) in New Mexico
maker:
Unknown

Gelatin silver print entitled ''The Fat Boy' Which Devastated Nagasaki', taken by an unknown photographer for Planet News in 1945 but not released until 6 December 1960. 'This picture released today (6th) by the United States Department of Defence and the US Atomic Energy Commission, shows the atomic bomb of the 'Fat Boy' type which exploded over and devastated Nagasaki in 1945 during WWII...'

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/14459
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
photograph and gelatin silver print