Wednesday 9 December 2015

Russian memories (part 3)

Dear all,

In this third photograph we identified: Rotblat, Holdren, Calogero (hidden next to Rotblat) and Kapitza (third person on the right side of the table).

We are able to ascertain that it was taken in Moscow in September 1990. However, we are unable to identify the nature of the event nor the three other individuals appearing in this photograph.

Do you have any information on this?

If you do, please drop us an email at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com (quoting Img 398) or leave a comment beneath the post.

Thank you!

Thursday 3 December 2015

Mysterious photograph


Dear all,

 to help you get through the Christmas holidays we decided to post this tricky, yet interesting photograph. Indeed, we have very limited information about it; none of the individuals in the photograph were identified and the event remains unknown. Only the painting of Marx and several writings in Cyrillic alphabet are hinting our research towards the USSR and GDR. Additionally, a similar photograph with Rotblat appearing in it lets us believe the event took place in the 1970s.


Do you have information about the photograph ?

If you do, please leave a comment beneath the blog post or email us at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com, quoting 'pht 067'.

Thank you! 

Meeting in Czechoslovakia


According to our sources, these photographs were taken in Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the 24th Pugwash meeting in December 1965. Study Group on European Security.

We were only able to identify Rotblat in this picture, do you have information about the photograph or the individuals in it  ?

If you do, please leave a comment beneath the blog post or email us at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com, quoting 'pht 066'.

As always, thank you for the valuable contributions! 

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Pugwash members in front on the United Baptist Church



 In this photograph, possibly dated in the 1970s, we were able to identify part of the location, namely, United Baptist Church, which indicates the event is most likely taking place in a North-American country.
Additionally, in the same event we identified these four men next to C.S Eaton and Prof. E. Rabinowitch.

Do you have any information about the people involved or the nature of the event?


If you do, please send us an email at pugwashphotoarchive.gmail.com (quoting pht 091) or leave a comment beneath the post.

Thank you for your help!

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Hun-gary for Information: Pugwash in Budapest



According to our sources, these photographs were taken in Budapest in September 1986, supposedly at the 36th Conference: Co-Existence, Co-Operation and Common Security.

Do you have any information about the location and the people inside these photographs? It would be really helpful to us in verifying the photographs.

If you do have any information, please email us at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com (quoting img288 or img289) or leave a comment below these posts.

Thank you!

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Russian Memories (Part II)


In this second part of the feature on USSR in 1990, we bring to you a photograph from the Young Pugwash Conference held in St. Petersburg on September 1990.

Do you have any information about the people in the photograph?

If you do, please drop us an email at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com (quoting img 404) or leave a comment beneath the post.

Thank you!

Russian Memories (Part I)


In this first photograph on a two-part series on USSR in 1990, we feature a meeting in Moscow.

We are able to ascertain that this photograph was taken in Moscow in September 1990. In this photograph, we are able to identify Rotblat, Calogero, Holdren and Kapitza. However, we are unable to identify the nature of the event or the meeting.

Do you have any information on this?

If you do, please drop us an email at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com (quoting Img 398) or leave a comment beneath the post.

Thank you!

Soviet Mystery



In this photograph, possibly dated in the 1950s, we are able to identify Rotblat. However, we are unable to identify the nature of the event.

Do you have any information about the people involved or the nature of the event?

If you do, please send us an email at pugwashphotoarchive.gmail.com (quoting Img 095) or leave a comment beneath the post.

Thank you!

日本からこんにちは!Hello from Japan!






The first two monochrome photographs show Joseph Rotblat in Japan, possibly Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture as seen from the Daibutsu statue on the left. We are able to identify Rotblat with Professor Iwao Ogawa, who was among the 21 scientists participating in the first Pugwash Conference in 1957. We think this photo was taken in 1957 when Rotblat was invited by Hideki Yukawa to a radiology conference in Tokyo.  

Can you identify the woman in the first set of photos on the right?

In the next two coloured photographs, Rotblat is seen again in Kamakura with Ogawa. We think this was a personal visit sometime in the 1970s.

When do you think these photos were taken, and for what purposes?

If you have any information, please email us at pugwashphotoarhive@gmail.com and quote 'Early Pugwash in Japan', or leave a comment below. 

Thank you! 

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Pugwash in Prague


This photograph was taken at the 50th Symposium in Prague, Czechoslovakia in April 1988.

Do you have information about the people inside the photograph?

If you do, please email us at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com, quoting 'Img 521' or leave a comment beneath this post.

Thank you so much!

Pugwash in 1960s Czechoslovakia (Part II)


The second part of this feature on 1960s Czechoslovakia will bring us to the 5th Symposium in Marianske Lazne in May 1969.

So far we have been able to identify Rotblat in the photograph.

Do you have any information about the photograph?

If you do, please leave a comment beneath the blog post or email us at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com, quoting 'Img 036'.

Thank you!

Pugwash in 1960s Czechoslovakia (Part I)



To help kick-start 2015 we have decided to go back to September 1964, the 13th Conference in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia in two classic photographs. 

In the top photograph, we are able to identify Rotblat and Sarabhai. In the bottom photograph, we are able to identify only Rotblat in the photograph. 

Do you have information about the photographs?

If you do, please leave a comment beneath the blog post or email us at pugwashphotoarchive@gmail.com, quoting 'Img041' for the top photograph and 'Img043' for the bottom photograph.

Thank you!