Between 1951 and 1992, hundreds of nuclear tests were performed, mostly underground, in the desert outside Las Vegas.

After 25 years of searching, retired scientist Robert Friedrichs uncovers the identity of the iconic model, Anna Lee Mahoney, ...

Robert Friedrichs, a historian, spent two decades finding 'Miss Atomic Bomb'. The search began around 2000. 'Miss Atomic Bomb ...

For 25 years, historian and retired scientist Robert Friedrichs searched for the true identity of the woman known only as ...

After 25 years of exhaustive research and investigative effort, historian and founding Atomic Museum member Robert Friedrichs has uncovered the true identity ...

The photo was captured on May 24, 1957, by Las Vegas News Bureau photographer Don English, featuring Mahoney as a Copa showgirl in the Nevada desert wearing a mushroom cloud swimsuit made of cotton.

Creating the Atomic Age photo Mahoney was working as a performer at the Sands Hotel Copa showroom in Las Vegas in 1957 when she was featured in English’s photo. Inspired by the mushroom cloud ...

The photo, taken in 1957, authentically shows a Las Vegas showgirl posing in a bathing suit featuring a mushroom cloud made of cotton. However... What's False The image was taken for a publicity ...

For the past 25 years, the Atomic Museum has been trying to ascertain the true identity of the woman in Don English’s famous 1957 photograph of a woman wearing a mushroom cloud swimsuit.

The unforgettable image, captured by Las Vegas News Bureau photographer ... beaming Copa showgirl in the Nevada desert wearing a mushroom cloud swimsuit, her arms stretched triumphantly toward ...