Manhattan Project: Fuller Lodge

FULLER LODGE
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Fuller Lodge

Fuller Lodge was one of the main structures of the Los Alamos Boys Ranch School, serving as its headquarters in its later years. It was converted into a mess hall and guest quarters during the Manhattan Project. In the photograph above, part of the guest house is visible in the distance to the right.

The photograph above is courtesy the Los Alamos National Laboratory. It is also reproduced in Edith C. Truslow, with Kasha V. Thayer, ed., Manhattan Engineer District: Nonscientific Aspects of Los Alamos Project Y, 1942 through 1946 (Los Alamos, NM: Manhattan Engineer District, ca. 1946; first printed by Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory as LA-5200, March 1973; reprinted in 1997 by the Los Alamos Historical Society), 57. The additional photographs below are:

A photograph of the graduation ceremony for the Ranch School; it is reproduced from Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos: Beginning of an Era, 1943-1945 (Los Alamos: Public Relations Office, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, ca. 1967-1971), 10;
A photograph of the school students eating lunch on the porch of Fuller Lodge; it is reproduced from "Dateline: Los Alamos," a special issue of the monthly publication of Los Alamos National Laboratory (1995), 7;
Two photographs of the main dining room at Fuller Lodge; these were also reproduced from "Dateline: Los Alamos," 7;
An "establishing shot" of Los Alamos, in which Fuller Lodge and the "Big House" are visible in the distance to the left and the right, respectively; click here for more information on this photograph.

Graduation ceremony, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos Boys School Ranch

Students eating lunch on the porch, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos Boys Ranch School.

Main dining room, Fuller Lodge, ca. 1946

Main dining room, Fuller Lodge

Close-up of Fuller Lodge

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