(left to right): Edward Uhler Condon (1902-1974), Brien McMahon (1903-1952), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980), Harlow Shapley (1885-1972); and William Hammatt Davis (1879-1964)

Summary

U.S. National Bureau of Standards director Edward Uhler Condon (1902-1974); U.S. Senator Brien McMahon (1903-1952); U.S. Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980); Harvard College Observatory astronomer Harlow Shapley (1885-1972); and William Hammatt Davis (1879-1964), former Chairman of the War Labor Board, at an event sponsored by Science Service. In late 1945, Senator McMahon was developing the Atomic Energy Act of 1945, which established the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Subject

• Condon, Edward Uhler 1902-1974
• Davis, William H (William Hammatt) 1879-1964
• Douglas, Helen Gahagan 1900-1980
• McMahon, Brien 1903-1952
• Shapley, Harlow 1885-1972
• Harvard College Observatory
• United States National Bureau of Standards
• United States National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1207

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1945

Restrictions & Rights

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• Copyright Not Evaluated

Topic

• Astronomy
• Nuclear physics
• Physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1207]

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