Bomb blast image 11

Title

Bomb blast image 11

Subject

Veterans--Chicopee, Mass.; Nuclear weapons testing victims--Nevada National Security Site (Nev.); Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)--Photographs; Atomic bomb--Blast effect--photographs

Description

A black and white photograph of a mushroom cloud. Part of Operation Teapot in 1955, this was one of the tests of the atomic bomb in 1955 witnessed by Chicopee resident Roland Pronovost during his service at the Nevada National Security Site.

Date

1955

Is Part Of

Roland Pronovost Collection

Format

Photograph

Extent

1 image

Spatial Coverage

3.5 x 4.5"

Identifier

CPL-RolandPronovost_materials_14

Files

Citation

“Bomb blast image 11,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 6, 2026, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/10338.