The Atomic Era's Business Cards: A Glimpse into Los Alamos' Rolodex
A Selection of Los Alamos Rolodex Business Cards
The Center for Land Use Interpretation presents a rare collection of business cards from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, offering a unique window into the professional network of the scientists and staff who built the atomic bomb. This visual archive showcases the mundane yet revealing artifacts of a secretive community, from physicists to engineers, each card a tangible link to a pivotal moment in history.
Each card is a small, unassuming piece of paper that once facilitated the exchange of information among the brilliant minds who changed the course of history.
- jjwiseman
The Winter 2016 edition of the Center for Land Use Interpretation's newsletter, "The Lay of the Land", has more information on the cards: https://clui.org/newsletter/winter-2016/los-alamos-rolodex
There's also a book: https://clui-shop.square.site/product/los-alamos-rolodex/292...
I saw the exhibit in person back when it was on display. If you're ever in LA you should try to stop in to the CLUI's Culver City location, they always have something interesting.
- hellisothers
Love the logos, colors, and at the same time simplicity. These are so much more memorable than what you see today which I find to be bland or over the top “grafix”.
- world2vec
Seems some of them would get the key contact details "clipped" by the rolodex itself. Maybe a good design would put the phone number and address at the top.
- wxw
> The rolodexes came from the now dispersed collection of former lab employee Ed Grothus, who operated a salvage company of lab cast-offs known as The Black Hole.
Too good.
- cjkaminski
A bunch of those names sound fake, like they should be from Fallout instead of Los Alamos.
But then I remember that I know someone who worked at one of those companies.