Records of the Atomic Energy Commission. 1923 - 1978. Photographs Used in Atomic Energy Commission Publications

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Records of the Atomic Energy Commission. 1923 - 1978. Photographs Used in Atomic Energy Commission Publications

1964-1970

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/542143

The photographs in this series were used by the Exhibits and Educational Services Branch within the AEC's Division of Technical Information to illustrate annual reports, research reports, and other publications showing the activities of the AEC. Illustrative material, including charts, graphs, and photos, was received from the national laboratories within the AEC system, and from commercial sources as well. Photographs of interest in this series include a view of the Baltimore, MD lighthouse, with the nuclear ship Savannah (326-PV-2-7); an aerial view of the USS Enterprise, with her crew spelling out Einstein's Theory of Relativity (326-PV-2-125); a series of views of the first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (326-PV-2-174-88A to 91A); President Lyndon Johnson giving a commencement address at the University of Michigan (326-PV-3-7); a copy of a painting showing the first sustained nuclear chain reaction in 1942 (326-PV-4-4); the 1961 launch of a Thor rocket with the first satellite powered by a nuclear generator (326-PV-4-185-1); the unveiling of commemorative plaques at the Chicago site (Stagg Field) of the first reactor, at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and at the X-10 reactor at Oak Ridge Laboratory (326-PV-9-7, 8, and 9); a view of the launch of the USS Seahorse SSN-669 (326-PV-10-72-42A); and Mamie, David, and Julie Eisenhower with Adm. Hyman Rickover at the launching of the nuclear submarine USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (326-PV-16-144). About a third of these photographs contain captions.

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