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The Atom Bomb Exploding at Hiroshima, 1945.

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Hiroshima Metal Souvenir: Japanese - 1940's - 4 5/8" Long. A souvenir from Hiroshima of the largest structure still standing after the dropping of the atom bomb on August 6, 1945. Pristine Condition.

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WEIRD TERROR #11 * 4.5 * Don Heck * Atom Bomb Panels: Heading: Author: Title: WEIRD TERROR No. 11 Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: Description: Comic Media (Indicia: "Allen Hardy Associates, Inc."). May, 1954

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'THE ATOM BOMB!': Informational magazine created for public consumption: 'The Atom Bomb!' by Bernard Jablow and Robert de Mexico (New York: Independent Book Associates), 1945. 32pp. 4to.. A factual account of the creat

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TWO-FISTED TALES #33 * 7.0 * Wally Wood ATOM BOMB Story: Heading: Author: Title: TWO-FISTED TALES No. 33 Place Published: Publisher:Entertaining Comics Date Published: June, 1953 Description: F/VF (7.0). Br

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1961 1st ed JAMES BOND Thunderball Ian Fleming Novel: 1961 1st ed JAMES BOND Thunderball Ian Fleming Novel 007 Atom Bomb Spectre The James Bond series focuses on a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming (1908 – 1964), who featured hi

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Enola Gay crew signed FDC: A RARE FDC likely one of a kind honoring the ATOM BOMB In 1955 signed by the ENTIRE Enola Gay crew who dropped the two bombs Tibbetts Von Kirk Ferrebee Caron AND Beser with COA

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1946-47 Map and Report on Nagasaki Shipyard after the: Heading: (Atom Bomb – rare Map, Nagasaki Shipyard) Author: Title: Booklet and report, with map, a year after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, on the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard, once the largest pr

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Dawn Over Zero – 1st ed. in dust jacket: Early story of the atom bomb written by William L. Laurence, who at the time was considered the best qualified person to write it for the layman. Pub. 1946 by Alfred A. Knopf (stated first edition). I

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Strange Worlds #5: Strange Worlds #5 , atom bomb story, Kirby and Ditko Art. Page loose.

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Assorted Non-Sports Cards: Assorted Non-Sports Cards. Indian chewing gum, washington inaugurated, first atom bomb dropped, president mckinley shot. 41 total cards

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Paul Tibbets Hiroshima Bomb General Signed 8x10 Photo AUTO PSA/DNA LOA: Paul Tibbets Hiroshima Bomb General Signed 8x10 Photo AUTO PSA/DNA LOA

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Gov't report on Atomic Bomb effects 1946: Heading: (Atomic Bomb) Author: Title: The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Place Published: Washington, D.C. Publisher:Government Printing

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PAUL W. TIBBETS: (1915 - 2008) American bomber pilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. A signed copy of the secret order given to General Carl Spatz detailing the miss

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ENOLA GAY:: ENOLA GAY: Signed 10 x 8 photograph by two crew members of the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945 towards the end of

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ENOLA GAY SIGNED FLIGHT LOG: Excellent signed color poster headed 'Navigator's Log of the 'Enola Gay', 18 in. x 24 in., a reprint of the three-page navigator's log of the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima o

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(HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI) 509TH COMPOSITE GROUP SERVICE BOOK, SIGNED BY PAUL W. TIBBETS: PAUL TIBBETS (1915 - 2008) American bomber pilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Signed book, ‘509th Composite Group History’ (Columbus,

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The Atom Bomb Exploding at Hiroshima, 1945.

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Snapshot of the Atom Bomb explosion at Hiroshima, Japan. Marked "Taken by Tail Gunner." Circa 1945. From the private collection of a Manhattan Project scientist.
Medium: Silver print.
Measurements: 4 3/8 x 3 5/8

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The Atom Bomb Exploding at Hiroshima, 1945.

Name: The Atom Bomb Exploding at Hiroshima, 1945.
SKU: 16216148
Price: 425 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $600

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