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Web Masters Note.... The below listing of historical newspaper and magazine articles all pertain to the Manhattan Project. The quality of these items range from "poor" to "good". Even though the "images" have been optimized for the Internet, some may still have very slow "load times" unless you are using a cable modem or something similar. However, I believe that you will find them all very interesting and encourage you to be patient. If you are looking for something in particular and do not see it on our pages, please contact us via "feedback" to see if we may have it in our files or know where to get it! |
Los Alamos, NM
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| Front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican dated August 6, 1945. Headline reads "Los Alamos Secret Disclosed by Truman". Unfortunately the small print is unreadable in this format, but the headlines and sub-headings give adequate testimony to that era. Two of the sub-headings on this page are: "Now They Can Be Told Aloud, Those Stories of 'the Hill' " and "Tomato Juice Off Rationing". |
Monroe & Esther Messinger |
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| A-002 | Front page of the Albuquerque Journal dated August 7, 1945. Headline reads "U.S. Announces Atom Bomb; Hope for Earlier End to War". Several very interesting sub-headings. Note pictures of Robert Oppenheimer and Gen. Groves. | Monroe & Esther Messinger |
| A-003 | "Workers Stick to Jobs on 'the Hill' in Face of Disclosure of Project's Terrible Secret"; Taken from the Santa Fe New Mexican; Friday, August 10, 1945. | Bernice Vickio |
| A-005 | "Japs Tried to Steal Secret at Berkeley Radiation Lab"; Taken from the Santa Fe New Mexican; Friday, August 10, 1945; | Bernice Vickio |
| A-006 | "Atomic Bomb Area in New Mexico Safe; No Dangerous Rays"; Part 1 of 2; Taken from the Santa Fe New Mexican; Friday, August 10, 1945. | Bernice Vickio |
| A-007 | "Atomic Bomb Area in New Mexico Safe; No Dangerous Rays"; Part 2 of 2; Taken from the Santa Fe New Mexican; Friday, August 10, 1945. |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-008 | "Terribly More Terrible"; This article appeared in Life Magazine in August of 1945 and is based on an interview with J. Robert Oppenheimer; the last part of this interview is missing and we apologize, however, this portion is very interesting; |
Michael Vickio |
| A-009 | "The First Atomic Bomb Blast"; Taken by an automatic movie camera six miles away, these 8 pictures show in split-second intervals the explosion of the first atomic bomb at Alamagordo, NM on July 16, 1945. Time Magazine - August 13, 1945; |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-010 | "Life Went On as Usual in Hidden Atom City"; This photograph of a Kindergarten Class at Los Alamos was taken approximately August 21, 1945; |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-011 | "Bomb Worker Dies of Burns"; This article is an announcement of the death of Harry K. Daghlian, a scientific employee killed in the first reported accident at Los Alamos. The accident occurred on August 21st and he died on September 15th. |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-013 | "President Reveals First Use of Basic Energy; Bombs Can 'Obliterate' Foe's Warplants"; What is interesting about this article is that it explains to the American people that the bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, an important "Japanese military base"." |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-014 | "Offers Courses at Los Alamos"; In September 1944, a "small" university was established at Los Alamos for both military and civilian personnel; what makes this unique is that the courses were being taught by some of the leading "thinkers" of the day including Hans Bethe and Enrico Fermi. |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-015 | "Huns Came Close to Destroying Earth, Says Agar"; article hypothesizes that Germany may have learned how to initiate an atomic chain-reaction without controlling it. |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-016 | "Japan Announced Today She is Ready to Surrender"; This is the official news release announcing the unconditional surrender of Japan. |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-017 | "Bomb Soldiers Given Plaque at Los Alamos"; This is the official news release announcing the awarding of the Meritorious Unit Award to the military members of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos |
Bernice Vickio |
| A-018 | "New Mexico's Test Grounds Are Habitable"; This is the first account of an official visit to "ground zero" at the Trinity site at Alamagordo, NM. - New York Times - William Laurence - Sept. 9, 1945. |
Bernice Vickio |
509th Composite Group
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| "'Fiery Orange Ball' Seen 250 Miles Off; That was Nagasaki"; Reaction from Capt. William Parsons; Taken from the Santa Fe New Mexican; Friday, August 10, 1945. |
Bernice Vickio |
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| "It Was Hard to Believe What We Saw"; Eye-witness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima; |
Bernice Vickio |
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Hanford, WA
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Oak Ridge, TN
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