Dr. Arthur D. Welander Poses with a Tridacna during Operation Crossroads

ID: SIA2010-0965 and Neg. #5026-7

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Form/Genre: Person, candid

Date: 1947

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 24, Folder: 1

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Summary

During Operation Crossroads in 1947, Dr. Arthur D. Welander, fishery biologist, poses with a Tridacna clam. He became involved with studies of the effects of radiation on fishes during the testing of atomic weapons in the South Pacific

Subject

Welander, Arthur D (Arthur Donovan) 1908-

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • Tridacnas are large saltwater clams that live in shallow water.
  • Operation Crossroads was an expedition to Bikini Atoll and the northern Marshall islands under the auspices of the Department of the Navy. Smithsonian and other scientists collected specimens before the atom bomb tests in 1946. Specimens were collected for the purpose of comparison and to make possible a study of anatomical variations among the various island populations.
  • In 1947 scientists returned to resurvey the region to determine the impact of the atomic tests.
  • See Neg. #s for Operation Crossroads 1947: 92-11701, SIA2010-0924, SIA2010-0925, SIA2010-0927, SIA2010-0928, SIA2010-0929, SIA2010-0964, SIA2010-0965, SIA2010-0966, SIA2010-0967, SIA2010-0968, SIA2010-0969, SIA2010-0970, SIA2010-0971, SIA2010-0972

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 24, Folder: 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1947

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Nuclear weapons
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Atomic Bomb Tests
  • Radiobiology
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Specimens
  • Explorations and Expeditions
  • Scientists
  • Giant clams
  • Biologists
  • Testing
  • Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947
  • Nuclear weapons--Testing

Place

  • Marshall Islands
  • Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
  • Pacific Ocean

Form/Genre

  • Person, candid
  • Photographic print

ID Number

SIA2010-0965 and Neg. #5026-7

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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