- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Chicago Cold War: Martyl Langsdorf
- Creator:
- Langsdorf, Martyl
Licata, Haley - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2012-08-07
- Subject:
- Manhattan Project (Organization)
Oral history
Interviews
Cold War
Atomic bomb - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Martyl Langsdorf was born in St. Louis in 1917 to a prominent family of artists. Her husband, Alexander Langsdorf, was a physicist at Washington University St. Louis, when he was conscripted to be part of the Manhattan Project in Chicago. Langsdorf and her husband moved to the Hyde Park community area. After the war, the founders of The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists approached Langsdorf, the only artist in their social circle, to design its cover. Her initial cover design became known as the Doomsday Clock.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/282
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:282/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2017 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 1:32:15 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Chicago Cold War Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
