Category: Hanford Declassified

  • The Atomic Frontier Children’s Reading Hour

    The Atomic Frontier Children’s Reading Hour

    The new Atomic Frontier was in Richland, but the next frontier was obviously space

  • Radiation Decontamination of a Locomotive

    Radiation Decontamination of a Locomotive

    In case you’ve ever wondered what decontamination of a locomotive looked like in the 60s, now you know

  • “Fat Man” at the Hanford Dorm Club Christmas Dance

    “Fat Man” at the Hanford Dorm Club Christmas Dance

    Dancing with the “Fat Man” Light box enlargement “Fat Man” at the Hanford Dorm Club Christmas Dance Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project 16 by 20 inches December 2011

  • The Atom and You

    The Atom and You

    This Paramount News footage, dated March 25, 1953, shows “tests conducted at Hanford, Washington, on effects of exposure of sheep and salmon to radiation…” Tests which blithely reassure the public the government had successfully protected the pristine waters and fishy wild life of Washington state from radiation contamination Those sitting in the theaters breathed a…

  • Hanford Science Forum 1957

    Hanford Science Forum 1957

    Presented by General Electric, contractor for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, it’s the Hanford Science Forum and Dr. Richard F. Foster, manager of the Aquatic Biology Operation, assuring that the mildly radioactive materials entering the river are negligible and not hazardous to aquatic wild life. He brings specimens for us to ogle! Including a…

  • My Most Favorited Photo on Flickr

    My Most Favorited Photo on Flickr

    The war effort desire for style meant Hollywood Starlet Tresses sculpted for the silver screen Probably nearly 99% of those who favorite the photo have no idea what the description supplied on the photo means–that it is from the Hanford Declassified Project, and one of the nearly 800 photos I culled from it and loaded…

  • Another new Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project painting

    Another new Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project painting

    The Fire Prevention Parade Digital painting, 2009 Light box enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings What the Hanford Declassified Project archive shows is that life was one long parade in Richland Parades are a recurring theme in the Hanford Declassified Project archive. Their intent was to build morale and…

  • Nuclear Family Shelter

    Nuclear Family Shelter

    Nuclear Family Shelter Digital painting, 2009 Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings What every nuclear bomb shelter needs a magic vacuum Light box enlargement A new painting for the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project series, this one showing a cozy nuclear family bomb shelter, with my addition of Kirby, a…

  • Hanford Declassified Photo Collection on Flickr

    Hanford Declassified Photo Collection on Flickr

    Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings 783 pics are now up in my Flickr collection of public domain photos culled from the Hanford Declassified Project. The carefully chosen selection is enough to give a sense of the trailer city, the unique war time boom town, and its mindset. Proof that…

  • "Red Rain" and the Japanese fire balloon that coincidentally found its way to Hanford

    "Red Rain" and the Japanese fire balloon that coincidentally found its way to Hanford

    Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings Susan Och over at French Road Connections, who recently ran for and was voted into community service (congratulations, Susan), today has a post on a new book written by her brother, Tim Wendel. Titled Red Rain, the novel took its inspiration from fire balloons…

  • Model for Instrument Show Publicity Shot (Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project)

    Model for Instrument Show Publicity Shot (Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project)

    Model for Instrument Show Publicity Shot, Declassified Digital painting, 2007 30 by 24 in. Lightbox enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings The painting is based on a photograph from the Hanford Declassified Project. Hanford, part of the Manhattan Project, was where the plutonium used on Nagasaki was manufactured. In…

  • The Ballerina, Declassified

    The Ballerina, Declassified

    The Ballerina, Declassified, 2006 Digital painting based on a photo from the Hanford Declassified Project. Lightbox enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings A child ballerina performs at the Hanford Theater during the WWII years. Her family would have been involved, in some capacity, in the production of the plutonium…