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The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)
The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)

The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)

Date12/1/1948
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  • The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than 10 seconds after the test explosion of the underwater atom bomb July 25, 1946. [Incomplete]
  • The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than 10 seconds after the test explosion of the underwater atom bomb July 25, 1946. [Incomplete]
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002541F
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
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      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Brighter than the sun. A mushroom-topped column of smoke and gas, brighter than the sun, rises through a disintegrating vapor cloud over Bikini Lagoon(...)
      Brighter than the sun. A mushroom-topped column of smoke and gas, brighter than the sun, rises through a disintegrating vapor cloud over Bikini Lagoon(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/1/1948
      To harvest the mushrooms in cavern-like growing houses at the Dominion Mushroom Company in Locust Hill, the women workers must wear miner-type helmets(...)
      To harvest the mushrooms in cavern-like growing houses at the Dominion Mushroom Company in Locust Hill, the women workers must wear miner-type helmets(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      6/28/1973
      Fungus farmer: Genevieve de Rosemond displays her home-made mushrooms, entered in the Canada-wide Science Fair at Erindale College which opens Saturday
      Fungus farmer: Genevieve de Rosemond displays her home-made mushrooms, entered in the Canada-wide Science Fair at Erindale College which opens Saturday
      Stuparyk, Michael
      5/12/1987
      The industrial community of Ajax, 20 miles east of Toronto, has popped up as quickly as mushrooms on a warm night
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/31/1942
      Mushroom control: Best way of getting rid of mushrooms is to rid surface growth
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      Combs, Erin
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/6/1981
      Mushrooms make appetizers
      Mushrooms make appetizers
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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      Spremo, Boris
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      No danger of a mushroom cloud
      No danger of a mushroom cloud
      Dunlop, Al
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      Squat, block-built cottages house growing mushrooms, Each is attached to an air conditioner to regulate the temperature
      Spremo, Boris
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      Pickell, Brian
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      Mushroom harvest
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      Russell, Jim
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