Dec 07, 2001 - Sale 1918

Sale 1918 - Lot 414

Price Realized: $ 288
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
PENNEY, WILLIAM G. Atomic bomb detonation, Australia. Silver print, 7x9 inches, with Penney's signature, in ink, on mount recto.<\t>1950s

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Baron William G. Penney worked with the team at Los Alamos to develop the first atom bomb. After the war, Britain began its own nuclear research and testing in Australia with Penney at the helm.<