Reception for Joint Chief of Staff Evaluation Board for Bikini atom bomb test, 1946

Object summary

Title: Reception for Joint Chief of Staff Evaluation Board for Bikini atom bomb test, 1946
Object ID: GCP-00000372
Date made: 1946-07-09
Place made: New Zealand, Auckland
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Karl Taylor Compton at reception for Bikini Atom Bomb Board. Stamp on verso reads "M.I.T. Historical Collections, received from Mrs. K.T. Compton, date Nov. 1975".

Original Caption: "Civic Reception to Bikini Atom Bomb Board, Auckland, New Zealand, 9 July 1946 L->R His Worship, Mayor of Auckland, KTC, Maj. Gen. Thomas Farrell, Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Bradley Dewey, Vice Admiral John Hoover".