Atomic Bomb Blast Souvenir Set
In the 1950s, the United States government conducted tests of nuclear bombs in the desert just outside of Las Vegas. Apparently sensing a marketing opportunity, the people at Benny Binion’s Horseshoe Club in the downtown part of Las Vegas issued this collector set of photographs of one of the explosions. According to the package they were taken from “high atop” Mount Charleston, located just east of Las Vegas.
These first two photographs are of the exterior of the envelope containing the photographs. Note the wording – “Actual pictures of dreaded atomic bomb blasts.”
It acted a self mailer and just before Christmas 1964 a Roy Banks mailed this set to Mr. J.C. Banks (his brother, perhaps?). Note the postage of 3 cents.
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