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Title
Seventh and Broadway on V-J day
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1945
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
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 "Crowd at 7th and Broadway receive news of end of World War II." The crowd is in the street, waving and smiling at the camera in an overhead shot. Some people are waving small American flags and holding newspapers. One headline reads "Full surrender is made by Japanese." A truck and several automobiles can be seen. Trash is scattered on the ground.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00106116
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 10985
CARL0005355751
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/32247
Subject
World War, 1939-1945
V-J Day, 1945
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles
Flags--United States
American newspapers--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles
Litter (Trash)--California--Los Angeles
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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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