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Death Valley Junction with a mushroom cloud due to atomic testing nearby: photographic print

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Date

1951 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada -- Subseries II.C. Toles-Turner Family. Death Valley Junction in Nevada with a mushroom cloud resulting from open air atomic testing at the nearby Nevada Test Site rising in the background, probably 1951. The railroad station in the background was moved to Lathrop Wells, where it was used as a brothel. Prior to being moved, the station served as a schoolhouse.

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pho005042

Physical Identifier

0221_0146
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    pho005042. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1d50k25n

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

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    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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