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News Nob Sign.

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Title

News Nob Sign.

Description

Sign reads: "This is NEWS NOB where on April 22, 1952, the American Press & Radio first covered, and the Nation first viewed by the medium of Television, the firing of a nuclear device generally known as 'Operation Big Shot.'
"NEWS NOB received its name when Tom Sherrod, one of that finer breed of men known as 'construction stiffs' took a weather-beaten board with a door-knob attached from an old outdoor 'privy,' painted across it in yellow 'NEWS NOB' and planted it at this point.
"The board is gone but the memory lingers on."

Creator

U.S. Army.

Publisher

U.S. Army.

Date

March 1953.

Format

Black and white photograph. 10 inches x 8.25 inches.

Language

eng

Identifier

1113

Citation

U.S. Army., “News Nob Sign.,” Special Collections & Archives Research Center, accessed November 26, 2024, http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka-2.0.4/items/show/1511.