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Silver gelatin print by the Associated Press, titled "Now Liz Can Marry Eddie", 2 April 1959. Printed caption on verso reads: "Screen actress Elizabeth Taylor is shown with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor of La Jolla, California, as they attend the opening night of Eddie Fisher's engagement at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 2. Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher's former wife, has agreed to his plan to get a 'quickie' divorce in Nevada, so that he can wed Miss Taylor next month. Debbie's own divorce decree does not become final until next February". Daily Herald editorial markup on front. Date stamps and caption on verso.

Now Liz Can Wed Eddie

2 April 1959
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Close-Up On The A-Bomb', taken by an unknown photographer for Planet News, 28 April 1952. 'Military observers watch the mushroom cloud form after the explosion of the atomic bomb in 'Operation Bigshot' at the AEC proving grounds here...'

Close-Up On The A-Bomb

1952-04-28
Gelatin silver print entitled ''Diablo' rises Over the Nevada Desert - Second Try', taken by an unknown photographer for Planet News, 17 July 1957. 'A brilliant blue and orange fireball rises 30,000 feet into the sky just before dawn, over the Nevada test site, seconds after the nuclear device named 'Diablo' was detonated from a 500 foot tower...'

'Diablo' rises Over the Nevada Desert - Second Try

1957-07-17
Gelatin silver print entitled 'Over Two Thousand United States Marines Take Part in Atom Bomb Tests', taken by an unknown photographer for Keystone, 12 May 1952. 'Over 2,100 Marines of the United States forces were present at the most recent of the many American Atom Bomb tests at Yucca Flat, Nevada...

Over Two Thousand United States Marines Take Part in Atom Bomb Tests

1952-05-12
Gelatin silver print entitled ''Operation Cue'', taken by an unknown photographer for Planet News, 6 May 1955. 'At the Atomic Energy Commission's Proving Grounds on Yucca Flats, near Las Vegas, Nevada, the fireball of the 'Operation Cue' detonation spreads across the desert to engulf 'Survival City'...

'Operation Cue'

1955-05-06
Collection of 45 colour prints by Martin Parr forming the exhibition `Small World', 1995: (26) Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, USA

Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, USA, 1995

1995