Lot 702
Truman, Harry S. Vintage photo signed as President of the first U.S. underwater nuclear exlosions at Bikini Atoll and dated "7/25/46," 5¼ x 10". Also signed by Fritz Goro, the photographer, at lower right. In July 1946, the U.S. conducted two atomic tests, codenamed Able (an atmospheric explosion) and Baker (underwater); each bomb yielded 23 kilotons of TNT. This photograph is of the Baker explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, which occurred on July 25, 1946.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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