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A gala celebration marked the opening of the gates to the city in 1949, making Oak Ridge an open community. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 55, DOE 49-5782.
Part of the Oak Ridge community as it looks today with the Cumberland Mountains in the background. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 9. Originally DOE 67-278-5.
Leather tanning by an early Oak Ridge settler. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 2. Originally DOE 61-249.
Farmers raised and slaughtered their own meat. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 2. Originally DOE 61-253.
Farm homes such as this one dotted the East Tennesse countryside. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 2. Originally numbered DOE 61-266.
An over-all view of a portion of the Agricultural Research Laboratory in Oak Ridge. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 46. Originally DOE 67-192.
During the war, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos site, paid a visit to Oak Ridge. Photo taken at Guest House, now called Alexander Inn, February 14, 1946. Originally photo number DOE 1451.
TNX building and stack 105, 3001 Graphite Reactor, and 2006 building, July 14, 1943. Originally DOE Roll 44-9.
Girl Scouts on a field trip near the Graphite Reactor, June 9, 1951. Originally DOE 6994-2.
Girl Scouts on field trip near the Graphite Reactor, June 9, 1951. Originally DOE 6994-1.
ORNL History Photo - Eugene Wigner Hands First Shipment of Radioisotopes to Director of Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1946. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1870-15.
ORNL HISTORY IMAGE - Eleanor Roosevelt talking with Dr. William Pollard during her visit to ORNL medical in 1955. Original photo number was DOE ORO PHOTO 055-106A.
ORNL History Photo - Radiation Detector, Graphite Reactor. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1870-9.
ORNL History Photo - Loading Isotope into Shielded Transfer Container. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1870-1.
AEC DOE PHOTO - Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington visiting the Oak Ridge Research Reactor (ORR), 1958.
ORNL History Photo - Useful radioisotopes are extracted by chemical processes and packed for shipment. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1958-1.
Home canned foods supplied families with fruits and vegetables when fresh produce was out of season. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 5. Originally DOE 61-264.
Leslie Groves talking with crowd of women military personnel, August 29, 1945. Image provided by Oak Ridge Library. Image taken by Ed Westcott. Original photo number is DOE Photo 976-10.
ORNL History Photo - Eugene Wigner hands first shipment of radioisotopes to A.U. Cowdry, Director of Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, August 1946. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1870-5.
ORNL History Photo - On August 2, 1946, the world's first radioactive isotope produced for medical use was withdrawn from Oak Ridge's Graphite Reactor. Oak Ridge scientists shipped this carbon 14 to Brand Free Skin and Cancer Hospital in St. Louis. Cutie Pie Radiation Detector. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1870-22.
ORNL History Photo - Removing Radioacive Material from Tray in Graphite Reactor. Originally numbered DOE PHOTO 1870-6, August 2, 1946..
Tobacco was a predominant crop in East Tennessee farmland area. Photos taken from Oak Ridge Operations, 1969, page 3. Originally DOE 61-250.