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Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Pre-strike aerial view of Hiroshima [...]

Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

[Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - members of 11th AB Div. kneel on ground as they watch mushroom cloud of atomic bomb test]

[Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - members of 11th AB Div. kneel on ground a...

Photo by USASC. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they leave U.S. Court House after being found guilty by jury] / World Telegram photo by Roger Higgins.

[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they le...

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Aerial view of Hiroshima after the bomb

Aerial view of Hiroshima after the bomb

New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Official U.S. Army photo.

Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

Four A-bombed bottles from Hiroshima

This catalog record contains preliminary data. Gift; Elin O'Hara Slavick 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:065). Was AP 1255.

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

[Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan]

Official U.S. Army Air Force photograph. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 268.

800 women strikers for peace on 47 St near the UN Bldg / World Telegram & Sun photo by Phil Stanziola.

800 women strikers for peace on 47 St near the UN Bldg / World Telegra...

Group of women from Women Strike for Peace holding placards relating to the Cuban missile crisis and to peace. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Co... More

[Untitled] - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

[Untitled] - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[(l-r) Soviet ambassador to the US, Anatoly F. Dobrynin and Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko  talking with President Kennedy who is seated in rocking chair, at the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[(l-r) Soviet ambassador to the US, Anatoly F. Dobrynin and Soviet for...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Andrei Gromyko, Soviet foreign minister, confers w/Pres. Kennedy at Hiwte [i.e., White] House, WKL, 10/18/62". U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sh... More

Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the physicist and his colleagues for their ongoing secret atomic research, 29 June 1943

Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the ph...

Reproduction number: A70 (color slide; pages 1-2) In the midst of World War II when the United States was engaged abroad in a major conflict with Germany and Japan, it was also working furiously at home toward ... More

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

Mikhael A. Menshikov, new Soviet ambassador, outside White House, going to visit with President Eisenhower / [MST].

Mikhael A. Menshikov, new Soviet ambassador, outside White House, goin...

Photograph shows the Soviet ambassador surrounded by cameramen in front of the Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Amputating the shattered leg of a wounded soldier, operating room the Military Reserve Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Amputating the shattered leg of a wounded soldier, operating room the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by test explosion of an atomic bomb]

[Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll]

[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear w...

In album: Operation Crossroads, p. 34 (right). Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1965. Forms part of: Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945) (Library of Congress).

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devastation ... about 0.4 miles ... / official U.S. Army photo.

General panoramic view of Hiroshima after the bomb ... shows the devas...

Official U.S. Army photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 26 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Members of the Organization of American States voting during a meeting on the Cuban Missile Crisis, Washington, D.C. MST

Members of the Organization of American States voting during a meeting...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 8663, frame 25. Contact sheet fold... More

Man with pointer in front of a projected slide showing an aerial photograph with label "MRBM Field Launch Site San Cristobal #1 14 October 1962", at a discussion on Cuba at the State Department, Washington, D.C. WKL

Man with pointer in front of a projected slide showing an aerial photo...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 9129, frame 9. Contact sheet folde... More

Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the physicist and his colleagues for their ongoing secret atomic research, 29 June 1943

Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to J. Robert Oppenheimer thanking the ph...

Reproduction number: A70 (color slide; pages 1-2) In the midst of World War II when the United States was engaged abroad in a major conflict with Germany and Japan, it was also working furiously at home toward ... More

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

Atomic bomb blast - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

Atomic bomb blast - A black and white photo of a mushroom cloud

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no ca... More

'This hurts me more than it hurts you!'

'This hurts me more than it hurts you!'

Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as a dentist about to extract Cuban leader Fidel Castro's teeth, drawn as missiles. In 1962, the United States discovered that the Soviet Union was installing missi... More

[Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev make their way in the midst of a crowd] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller.

[Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev make their way in the midst of a c...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information photograph.

FSA/OWI - Farm security administration and Office of War Information p...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no ca... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

Alien united nations : note - Public domain document scan

Alien united nations : note - Public domain document scan

A short note from Carl Sagan on the need to "figure out how to live with high technology" and "avoid nuclear war." Sagan suggests that "there are at this moment a million advanced civilizations in the Milky Wa... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

The gift of Apollo : draft essay

A draft essay commemorating the Apollo missions. Written for Parade magazine, a version of this piece reappears as a section in Sagan's book Pale blue dot : a vision of the human future in space. The essay mixe... More