Description: Oak Ridge, TENNESSEE - Processing Area - City of the Atomic Bomb - 1955: Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 29,330 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak Ridge's nicknames include the Atomic City, the Secret City, the Ridge, and the City Behind the Fence. In 1941, the United States federal government would purchase nearly 60,000 acres of farmland in the Clinch River Valley for the development of a planned city supporting 75,000 residents and construct the city with assistance from architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, from 1942 to 1943. Oak Ridge was established in 1942 as a production site for the Manhattan Project—the massive American, British, and Canadian operation that developed the atomic bomb. Being the site of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex, scientific and technological development still plays a crucial role in the city's economy and culture in general. This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1955, is in good condition. Genuine Curteich-Chicago. “C.T. Art Colortone”. No. 0C-H47`. Werner News agency. Knoxville, Tenn. No. W-135.
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Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Material: Paper
Theme: Aerial View, Architecture
Region: Tennessee
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Multiview
Year Manufactured: 1955
Subject: Processing Area - City of the Atomic Bomb
Postage Condition: Posted
Circulated: Yes
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Oak Ridge
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Brand/Publisher: “C.T. Art Colortone”
Era: Post-War (1945-Now)
WWII: Manhattan Project
Bomb: Atomic
National Laboratory: Oak Ridge
