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Los Alamos

 Subject

Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Scope Note: Coordinates: Lat: 35 53 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 35.8833 decimal degrees Long: 106 18 00 W degrees minutes Long: -106.3000 decimal degrees

Note: Located on mesa at altitude of around 7400 feet; established as site for research & development of nuclear weapons; here U-235 & plutonium were assembled into bombs for the first time; today nuclear research is done here.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Los Alamos, after 1943

 Item — Box F5
Identifier: 2006.6.285
Dates: after 1943
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs

Los Alamos, after 1943

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: 2006.6.286
Dates: after 1943
Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Photographs

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