1948 Press Photo New York Belle Croginsky at Atomic Science exhibit in NYC

Belle Croginsky, Stamford Conn gets an impromptu haid do during a visit to the atomic science exhibit at the Museum of Natural History NYC As she touches the dome of the model electrostatic generator a high potential of static electricity causes her hair to stand on end.KP Kallman of the Brookhaven Nationnal Lab the nuclear research center sponsoring the exhibit holds the device which may be used to pipe offthe charge of static electricity built up by the machine. The science exhibit is open to the public from Jan 21 to April 5

Photo is dated 1948.

Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches.