Gackenbach, Russell E., 1923-2019, March 23, 1923 - November 13, 2019
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
First Day Issue Stamp Albums Collected by Russell E. Gackenbach
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0280
Dates:
1976 - 1992
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Russell E. Gackenbach Collection Related to Atomic Bomb Missions
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0279
Abstract
The collection of photographs, recordings, publications and documents contains numerous photos of World War II military life as well as individual insight into preparations for the atomic bomb mission over Japan ending World War II including an original photo of the “mushroom cloud” over Hiroshima taken by the creator.
Dates:
1942 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1945
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Atomic bomb 1