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Victim of operation crossroads, the heavy cruiser U
Victim of operation crossroads, the heavy cruiser U

Victim of operation crossroads, the heavy cruiser U

Date7/2/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Victim of operation crossroads, the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Pensacola with super-structure damaged is shown in Bikini lagoon after the atom bomb blast. Photograph was made from the salvage ship Reclaimer which nosed about counting up the score
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002542F
Blinding streamers of light accompanied the explosition of the first atomic bomb at Operation Crossroads in Bikini atoll. This photo, taken from the a(...)
Blinding streamers of light accompanied the explosition of the first atomic bomb at Operation Crossroads in Bikini atoll. This photo, taken from the a(...)
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Goat gloats after atom bomb blast, Off Bikini Atoll, July 4 - The 42,000 men of Operations Crossroads prepared today for the next test of atomic power(...)
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Many objects besides guns and ships are to be tested in the experiments
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Silhouetted against the glare of the atom bomb explosion in the underwater tests in Bikini lagoon, ships of the target fleet can be seen in the foregr(...)
Silhouetted against the glare of the atom bomb explosion in the underwater tests in Bikini lagoon, ships of the target fleet can be seen in the foregr(...)
7/31/1946
Brighter than the sun. A mushroom-topped column of smoke and gas, brighter than the sun, rises through a disintegrating vapor cloud over Bikini Lagoon(...)
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12/1/1948
Atomic bomb explodes in underwater test made at bikini
Atomic bomb explodes in underwater test made at bikini
11/30/1950
The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)
The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)
12/1/1948
Sand Was Crystallized like this near the centre of the atomic bomb test grounds near Alamogordo, New Mexico, when the world's most destructive force w(...)
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Atomic bomb explosion, Bikini Island, 1946
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Book cover: Green cloth with black text.
The secret power
1921
Global thoughts of Operation Crossroads, Africa occupy missionaries Vern Hutson, Audrey McKim, Norm Salt and Jim Stockton. Project will take 34 Canadi(...)
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Crossroads: Brian Mori looks around the asks himself, 'Is this what I want?' The answer is probably 'no' - the sacrifices involved in moving up in the his job seem too great
Crossroads: Brian Mori looks around the asks himself, 'Is this what I want?' The answer is probably 'no' - the sacrifices involved in moving up in the his job seem too great
9/12/1980