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Japanese atomic research equipment confiscated by U.S. Occupation Forces is destroyed with a torch, December 3, 1945
Vintage wire photograph on paper
Creation Place:
Asia, American
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2020.1.118
Commentary
Japanese Atomic Equipment is Destroyed: Part of the Japanese atomic research equipment confiscated by U.S. Occupation Forces is destroyed with a torch, under orders from General MacArthur. The move, which involved machines located in three different cities, was another step in the Allied policy of destroying Japan’s war-making potential, December 3, 1945.
Materials
Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)
Keywords
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Atomic research Equipment,
Destruction,
Douglas MacArthur,
Japan,
Japan,
Occupation Forces,
Pacific Theater,
Post-war world,
Soldiers,
United States,
World War II
- Atomic research Equipment
- Destruction
- Douglas MacArthur
- Japan
- Japan
- Occupation Forces
- Pacific Theater
- Post-war world
- Soldiers
- United States
- World War II
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