It wasn't going to be easy to track down the woman who came to be known as “Miss Atomic Bomb." All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name he found printed under an archival newspaper photo ...

He would sometimes stare at the photo ... “It’s about Miss Atomic Bomb, about Anna Lee Mahoney,” said Joseph Kent, the museum’s deputy director and curator, “but it’s also about ...

All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name printed under an archival newspaper photo of her posing with other Las Vegas showgirls.

He would sometimes stare at the photo ... “It’s about Miss Atomic Bomb, about Anna Lee Mahoney,” said Joseph Kent, the museum’s deputy director and curator, “but it’s also about ...

He would sometimes stare at the photo ... “It’s about Miss Atomic Bomb, about Anna Lee Mahoney,” said Joseph Kent, the museum’s deputy director and curator, “but it’s also about ...

Miss Atomic Bomb, Sands Copa Girl Lee Merlin ... it consumed his thoughts. He would sometimes stare at the photo, wondering if she’d ever give up the answer. Then, last winter, something ...