Atomic Energy
| Title | Atomic Energy |
| View | Tablet, Unveiled 4 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Walter Zinn, nuclear physicist and member of the Manhattan Project team, at the unveiling of a tablet on the wall of the University of Chicago's Stagg Field. It commemorates the first controlled nuclear fission chain reaction, an event which took place under the athletic venue's west stands, December 2, 1942. |
| Subject Terms | Zinn, Walter Henry, 1906-2000 | Nuclear physicists | Dedications (Ceremonies) | Tablets (Information artifacts) | Nuclear fission--History | Manhattan Project (U.S.) |
| Photographer | Town & Country Photographers |
| Photograph Date | 1947 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.5 x 23.8 cm |
| Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-00227 |
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