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Photograph of atomic test Priscilla detonation, Nevada Test Site (Nev.), June 24, 1957

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Date

1957-06-24

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Atomic test "Priscilla" detonated at the Nevada Test Site in southern Nye County June 24, 1957. Priscilla was one of nearly one hundred atmospheric nuclear tests conducted at the site during the 1950s. Atmospheric testing was banned by treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1963, although it had been moved underground in Nevada in 1959. Since 1951, more than 600 nuclear devices have been detonated at the Nevada Test Site.

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pho020548

Physical Identifier

0082_0033
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    pho020548. Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection. PH-00082. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1000048h.

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    Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

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    2072 x 3159 pixels
    3.45 x 5.27 inches
    19,644,416 bytes

    Language

    English

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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