Antinuclear protesters (Alternative Energy Coalition) prepare helium balloons for release at the Alternative Energy Coalition demonstration on Montague Plain

Item Information

Title:
Antinuclear protesters (Alternative Energy Coalition) prepare helium balloons for release at the Alternative Energy Coalition demonstration on Montague Plain
Description:
From a series of images labeled "No nuke demo in the trap (NY Times)." Images document a protest held on Montague Plain at the site of a proposed nuclear power plant, organized by the Alternative Energy Coalition, at which balloons were released to demonstrate the air currents and potential nuclear fallout.
Photographer:
Simon, Peter, 1947-
Date:
[ca. August 8, 1977]
Format:
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
The American Revolution Documentary Collection
Peter Simon Collection
Subjects:
Balloons--Photographs
Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Montague--Photographs
Antinuclear movement--Massachusetts--Montague--Photographs
Alternative Energy Coalition
Places:
Massachusetts > Franklin (county) > Montague
Extent:
1 photograph ; 35 mm.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-v16-sl211a-i007
Terms of Use:
Copyright is held by Peter Simon. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Montague (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph009-v16-sl211a-i007