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“We have 7.5 million images in the LVCVA Archive, and the ‘Miss Atomic Bomb’ photo is one of the most requested images that we have,” said archivist Kelli Luchs of the Las Vegas Convention ...
In the 1950s, Nevada was the main location for the U.S. military’s atomic bomb tests. A mere 45 miles from Las Vegas, President Harry Truman established a 680-square-mile atomic testing ground ...
YUCCA FLAT (UPI) -- Hell burst from the skies over Yucca Flat this morning as America's latest model atom bomb exploded with ... There was no apparent damage in Las Vegas as a result of the ...
Miss Atomic Bomb to Ali: Las Vegas’s 75 greatest photos presented Forgive the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority for hoarding. They’ve socked away our city’s history snapshots.
The site, which was once the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range, was decided on for nuclear testing by the Atomic Energy Commission ... 10 times the size of the bomb that detonated over Hiroshima ...
Despite its dreamy, hypnotic effect, however, the work has its roots in the terrifying reality of a nuclear bomb. Its creator, artist James Stanford, grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, near where more ...
The band belted out their 2023 hit "Atomic City" from the home of their ... delivered the first-ever televised performance from the Las Vegas venue Sphere during Sunday night's 2024 Grammy Awards.