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Every year on the anniversary marking the end of World War II, the Times Square Alliance invites couples (though strangers would be more appropriate) to come make out in the same spot this nameless couple did just 62 years ago.
"Couples of all ages and from all walks of life were invited to meet in front of the sculpture “Unconditional Surrender”, which was created by acclaimed artist Seward Johnson, memorializing a famous photo snapped by Lieutenant Victor Jorgenson and evoking the iconic LIFE magazine cover photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt.", reported the Alliance website.
Kissers were handed out a sailor cap, roses and... breath mints!
For more, much better pictures, visit the Times Square Alliance website.
For clues that reveal who might have been the passionate nurse and sailor of the picture, read Sewell Chan's article "When a Kiss Isn’t Just a Kiss" in The New New York Times.
I'll bet you didn't know that President Richard Nixon's infamous "I am not a crook" comment was made while he was attending a dinner for the AP at Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort, did you? Well it was.
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Saturday Night Massacre
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Cox's refusal to drop his subpoena led to the "Saturday Night Massacre" on October 20, 1973, when Nixon compelled the resignations of Richardson and deputy William Ruckelshaus, in a search for someone in the Justice Department willing to fire Cox. This search ended with Solicitor General Robert Bork. At first, Bork planned to resign as well, but both Richardson and Ruckelshaus persuaded him not to in order to prevent any further damage to the Justice Department. As the new acting department head, Bork carried out the presidential order and dismissed the special prosecutor. Public reaction was immediate and intense, with protesters standing along the sidewalks outside the White House holding signs saying "HONK TO IMPEACH," and hundreds of cars driving by honking their horns.[citation needed] Allegations of wrongdoing prompted Nixon to famously state "I'm not a crook" in front of 400 startled Associated Press managing editors on the grounds of Disney's Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on November 17, 1973.
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Original caption: Weary but watchful, Maude sat by as a mother dozed.
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W. Eugene Smith’s Landmark Photo Essay, ‘Nurse Midwife’
“In December 1951, LIFE published one of the most extraordinary photo essays ever to appear in the magazine. Across a dozen pages and featuring more than 20 of the great W. Eugene Smith’ pictures, the story of a tireless South Carolina nurse and midwife named Maude Callen opened a window on a world that, surely, countless LIFE readers had never seen — and, perhaps, had never even imagined. Working in the rural South in the 1950s, in “an area of some 400 square miles veined with muddy roads,” as LIFE put it, Callen served as “doctor, dietician, psychologist, bail-goer and friend” to thousands of poor (most of them desperately poor) patients — only two percent of whom were white.”
“Nurse Midwife” as it appeared in the Dec. 3, 1951, issue of LIFE magazine.
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Statue inspired by Alfred Eisenstadt's photo "V-J Day In Times Square" which was published in Life Magazine in 1945.
The photo was unpublished by Life Magazine. Adderley and Arbanas played in college together at Michigan State.
Barnett, L. "The World We Live In: Part VI. Age Of Mammals" (Oct 19, 1953) Life, Vol. 35, No. 16
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Barnett, L. "The World We Live In: Part XI. The Rain Forest" (Sep 20, 1954) Life, Vol. 37, No. 12
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Over a thousand Chicagoans, from all walks of life and all parts of the city, came together at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by Davind Lang.
Although a bit chaotic in the beginning, once the leaders of each of the small groups that formed the whole got things in sync, it became a beautiful performance and a moving experience.
I came upon this event purely by accident and it took me a while to figure out what was going on.
Once surrounded by all these people, I was pretty much stuck, so you see some of the same faces over and over again.
Built in 1909, the LaSalle was one of Chicago's most grand hotels. Twenty-two stories high, the hotel sat at the northwest corner of LaSalle and Madison streets catering to the city's elite, and high class travelers.
A dark footnote in Chicago's history happened here, when on June 5th 1946, a fire swept thru the hotel, killing 61 people. The hotel was refurbished, and was able to continue on until July of 1976, when operations ceased and it was torn down shortly after that.
“A poor but proud girl searches army hospitals for her father, reported dead in the Boer War.” – Google.
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khyp-Gzi4u4
Model Julia (second) is wearing a creation by Christian Dior during Paris Fashion Week and photographed Ralph Morse for American Life Magazine,August 1962.
Captain Jesus Villamor (1914-1971) was one of the pioneering Filipino pilots of the Philippine Army Air Corp (PAAC). Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for downing two Japanese enemy planes in 1941, Villamor was appointed director and instructor at the Officers’ Training Unit in Williamstown. Villamor Air Base (formerly Nichols Field) was named in his honor.
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Barnett, L. "The World We Live In: Part IX. The Land Of The Sun" (Apr 5, 1954) Life, Vol. 36, No. 14
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Title: Life Magazine - Oil
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: ca. July - December 1937
Place: Texas or Louisiana
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 17.8 x 13 cm.
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Barnett, L. The World We Live In: Part XIII. The Starry Universe (Dec 20, 1954) Life, Vol. 37, No. 25
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(In cricketing terms, could have been a signal to Basil D’Oliveira: "Out!")
1966.
Photo: Terence Spencer