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United States Government [Atomic Bomb Cloud over Nagasaki]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09595.105 Author/Creator: United States Government Place Written: Nagasaki, Japan Type: Photograph Date: 9 August 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph of the result of an atomic bomb explosion. While the image is not labeled it matches other images known to be depicting the effect of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945.

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