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 ...

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

After 25 years of exhaustive research and investigative effort, historian and founding Atomic Museum member Robert Friedrichs has uncovered the true identity of the woman behind one of the most ...

With the mushroom cloud becoming a defining symbol ... “We have 7.5 million images in the LVCVA Archive, and the ‘Miss Atomic Bomb’ photo is one of the most requested images that we have ...

Inspired by the mushroom cloud that, at the time ... “We have 7.5 million images in the LVCVA Archive, and the ‘Miss Atomic Bomb’ photo is one of the most requested images that we have ...

John Folkes talks for the first time in a documentary about being ordered to fly through the mushroom clouds of four atomic bombs (BBC/Hardcash Productions) Two days earlier, the 19-year-old had ...

John Folkes was just 19 when he was ordered to fly through the mushroom clouds of four atomic bombs. He was not supposed to, because he was ground crew, but he was needed to operate an internal ...

Last month, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic ... use images of the human suffering in 1945, not just destroyed buildings or a mushroom cloud ...

The photo, taken in 1957, authentically shows a Las Vegas showgirl posing in a bathing suit featuring a mushroom ... cloud made of cotton. The caption of the post reads, Miss Atomic Bomb ...

It includes a 1939 letter, signed by Albert Einstein, alerting President Roosevelt to the dangers of a German atomic bomb program ... the atomic flash, the mushroom cloud, and radioactive fallout.

If accepted, it will be the first time that documents related to the atomic bomb ... when the bomb was dropped, and the end of that year. They show the mushroom cloud, wounded people, and scenes ...