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Whitley, Lewis H.
Lewis Whitley was born in Washington, Texas, but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1946 to live with his grandfather. He met his wife June at the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and they married in 1955. They moved to a home in Las Vegas in 1958. He worked as a cook at the Nevada Test Site and was a a fire hydrant inspector for the Clark County Fire Department until his retirement in 2007.
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Mercury, the main base camp at the NTS: photographic print and photographic negative, approximately 1945 to 1982
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
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Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
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Signal cables laid out at a test location on Yucca Flats, the principal underground nuclear weapons testing area at the NTS: photographic print, approximately 1945 to 1982
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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Final test preparations at the NTS: photographic print and photographic negative, approximately 1945 to 1982
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
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Nuclear explosive and diagnostic canister for a test named "Handley" being lowered down at the Pahute Mesa in the northwestern corner of the NTS: photographic print, 1970 March
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Operation Teapot, the "Met" shot, a tower burst: photographic print and photographic negative, 1955 April 15
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01, Box SH-031
Archival Component
George Test of the Greenhouse series, a weapons-related test conducted from a tower on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands: photographic print, 1951 May 08
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 01
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"Sedan" test at the NTS: photographic print and photographic negative, 1962 July 06
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-031
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-031
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"Priscilla" test, NTS: photographic print and photographic negative, 1957 June 24
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Archival Collection
U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
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Collection Number: PH-00282
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-031
Collection Name: U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-031
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Analysis of Hydraulic Tests in Hot Creek Valley, Nevada - Geological Survey, Technical Letter: Central Nevada-23 (USGS-NTS-TL-CN-23), 1968 October 02
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Archival Collection
Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00091
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
Box/Folder: Box 75
Collection Name: Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Office Collection
Box/Folder: Box 75
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