Atomic postcards played an important role in creating and
disseminating a public image of nuclear power. Presenting
small-scale images of test explosions, power plants, fallout
shelters, and long-range missiles, the cards were produced for mass
audiences in China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan,
and they link the multilayered geographies of Atomic Age
nationalism and tourism. From the unfailingly cheery
slogans--"Greetings from Los Alamos"--to blithe, handwritten notes
and no-irony-intended "Pray for Peace" postmarks, these postcards
mailed from the edge of danger nonetheless maintain the upbeat
language of their medium.
With 150 reproductions of cards and handwritten messages dating
from the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the end of the
Cold War, "Atomic Postcards "offers a fascinating glimpse of a time
when the end of the world seemed close at hand.
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