OPERATION CROSSROADS: BIKINI ATOLL RESTRICTED PHOTOGRAPH OF A-BOMB.


Gelatin silver print photograph, 4 x 5 inches (102 x 128 mm), of atomic mushroom cloud at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, July 1, 1946, with stamp to verso "Released official Navy Photograph / Not to be used for publication / Printed by U.S.S. Fulton," and with additional manuscript notations in unknown hand, some toning to image.The U.S.S. Fulton was a submarine tender present at Operation Crossroads--the atomic weapons tests in the Marshall Islands in July of 1946. This photo, an official Navy print, bears the stamp of the Fulton along with the additional notation: "Cross Roads Operation. Atom Bomb test. —Test 'Abel.' Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands, July 1st, 1946."