Archive Record
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Catalog Number |
00.14.1 |
Object Name |
Magazine |
Scope & Content |
Printed on the cover: Holiday, November, 1946. Contents (Partial) : Page 52-55: New Mexico's Atom Site, National Monument planned for crater of first atomic bomb. by Will Lane (photo captions) "At the foot of the Oscura Mountains, roads converge on Zero Point. It is surrounded by a half-mile splatter of greenish glass, a fence guards the site"; "At Zero Point only crumbling stumps remain of four reinforced-concrete legs which held a 110-foot steel tower; the holes were dug to test for radioactivity"; " Around the crater is the crust of the atom site, the new substance formed-actually created-when fused metal and sand flowed like bacon grease"; "For a mile around the desert still shows how it was blow-torched by the atom blast. These pictures are the first to show the atom site in full color"; "Less than two miles from Zero tall yucca plants are growing again, for time heals everything, and the dark Oscura Mountain range overlooks the site"; "Birth of the Atomic Age. On July 16, 1945, the first atom bomb exploded with the light of a hundred suns"; "This book is a veritable roster of the world's greatest nuclear physicists. It contains the names of every person who has entered the site. The iron gates are still guarded by Military Police"; "Before entering visitors must remove watches, rings and other metal objects. They are limited 15 minutes and carry photographic indicators to reveal any exposure to dangerous radiation"; "The crater has not yet lost all radioactivity. A photographic plate placed on pieces of atomsite material is affected as by visible light"; "Atom bomb No. 1 was assembled in an abandoned ranch house and then trucked about three miles to Zero for the test. The building suffered little damage"; "Command Post, where the button was pressed, one of the three massive bunkers built six miles from Zero, will be preserved as part of proposed national monument"; "Less than 40 air miles to the west, Fort Craig once overlooked the "Jornada del Muerto," Journey of Death of early travelers" p. 56 Alamagordo by E.B. White, Illustration by William Gropper; pp. 58-59 New Mexican Santos: A Naive Folk Art Is Prized By Modern Collectors; pp. 60-61 Art and New Mexico:The Colonies At Santa Fe and Taos Have Made Brilliant Contributions to Americana"; pp.62-65 New Mexico's Slaphappy Hostelry:Folklore and Rugged Individualism Rub Shoulders at the Amador in Las Cruces; p. 71 Recreational Map of New Mexico The Land of Enchantment 13.75" x10.75" 160 pages |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Creator |
Will Lane |
Title |
New Mexico's Atom Site |
Collection |
Bono |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |