Category: Vintage Years

Homage to historic moments, photos and yesteryear photographers.

Vintage Years

The ship that delivered the atom bomb: A photo of the USS heavy cruiser Indianapolis, 1945.

The USS Indianapolis five days prior to embarking for Tinian Island, 10th July, 1945.
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I am death, destroyer of worlds: A photo of the mushroom cloud at Trinity, 1945.

A frame from the reel of a motion picture camera reveals a rapidly building mushroom cloud at Trinity in 1945.
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Oppenheimer and his Chesterfield: A photo of Robert J. Oppenheimer from 1946.

Robert J. Oppenheimer with a Chesterfield Cigarette, 1946.
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Shooting the atom: Berlyn Brixner, the first photographer in the world to film an atomic explosion, 1945.

Captured with a high speed motion picture camera, a still image of an atomic ball of fire, 1945.
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Risky experiments: A photo of Louis Slotin next to the Trinity Gadget, 1945.

Canadian physicist Dr. Louis Slotin leans against the Trinity Gadget, 13th July, 1945.
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The bomb that ended World War II: A photo of the Fat Man Atom Bomb, 1945.

Technicians of Project Alberta gently place the 'Fat Man' on a trolley, August, 1945
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