Title supplied by cataloger. 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. Photograph caption dated August 15, 1945 reads "Crowds on 7th Street near Broadway celebrating news of war end." The large crowd of men, women and children is in the street, smiling and waving to the camera in an overhead shot. Two people are holding papers that read "Tokyo radio says: Japs surrender" and "Surrender is made by Japanese." One man is waving from the lamppost and several other people are looking on from a streetcar. Several men are in military uniforms. A partial view of a restaurant can be seen on the left.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
World War, 1939-1945 V-J Day, 1945 Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles Lampposts--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles American newspapers--California--Los Angeles Storefronts--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Central business districts--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Military uniforms Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Seventh Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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