Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes. On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and on August 9, 1945 on the city of Nagasaki. These actions shocked the country and prompted Emperor Hirohito to order the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War to accept the terms the Allies had set down in the Potsdam Declaration for ending the war. On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. Both August 14 and 15 have been known as "V-J Day" or "Victory over Japan Day." The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan formally surrendered aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Pictured is a man in a car holding a plastic gas container on the running board of his car. A pump and hose are attached to the container and someone else is holding the other end of the hose out of the passenger side window. Water, or some liquid, is shooting out of the hose. The car is in front of Roos Bros. clothing store at 6320 Hollywood Boulevard. Other cars and a lamppost are seen in the background. Photograph dated August 15, 1945.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Roos Bros World War, 1939-1945 V-J Day, 1945 Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Lampposts--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Clothing stores--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Celebrations--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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