All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name printed under an archival newspaper photo of her posing with other Las ...

It wasn’t going to be easy to track down the woman who came to be known as “Miss Atomic Bomb.” All Robert Friedrichs had to ...

A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been solved ...

“and the ‘Miss Atomic Bomb’ photo is one of the most requested images that we have.” The mushroom cloud became the defining ...

Miss Atomic Bomb, Sands Copa Girl Lee Merlin ... But it was the massive mushroom clouds from the above-ground nuclear blasts that captured the public’s imagination throughout the 1950s and ...

But it was the massive mushroom clouds from the ... sized cardboard cutout of “Miss Atomic Bomb.” Friedrichs jokes it’s his favorite of all the photos he’s collected of her in 25 years.

LAS VEGAS — It wasn't going to be easy to track down the woman who came to be known as “Miss Atomic Bomb." All Robert ... But it was the massive mushroom clouds from the above-ground nuclear ...