Operation Buster-Jangle—Dog Test, Desert Rock I, Nevada Nuclear Test Site

Operation Buster-Jangle—Dog Test, Desert Rock I, Nevada Nuclear Test Site

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Operation Buster-Jangle—Dog Test, Desert Rock I, Nevada Nuclear Test Site
Titles
  • Operation Buster-Jangle—Dog Test, Desert Rock I, Nevada Nuclear Test Site
DateNovember 1, 1951
PlaceNevada, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (18.4 × 23.5 cm)
Mat: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.6 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by W. Burt Nelson in honor of Will Michels
Object number2011.638
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Gary Edwards Gallery, Washington, DC]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned

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