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...to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family (George VI and Elizabeth) party.
Feb. 1947
Photo: Herbert Orth
I'm puzzled why the model here is not identified anywhere on the web. Want to guess? -- images.google.com/hosted/life/cb2a554f273fcf11.html
... at the Farm "Ryssel", Worcester, Cape Province
April 1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White, Life Magazine
(computer generated colourisation)
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.
Representing hope and freedom, a 25 foot, 6,000 pound statue named, UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, by world-renowned artist, J. Seward Johnson, is a three-dimensional interpretation of a photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a Sailor, Carl Muscarello, kissing a nurse, Edith Shain, in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day.
Edith Shain, the nurse memorialized in Eisenstaedt’s photo, states, "There is so much romance in the statue; it gives such a feeling of hope to all who look at it."
“This statue brings back so many memories of peace, love and happiness. During the moment of the kiss I don’t remember much, it happened so fast and it happened at the perfect time. I didn’t even look at the Sailor who was kissing me,” Shain continued. “I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment like any woman would have done.”
For the next year, the sculpture will stand next to the USS Midway Museum on the San Diego Bay. It was previously displayed in New York City in 2005 and Sarasota, Florida in 2006.
... wearing traditional turban which is put on at the age of 18 signifying readiness for marriage, Windhoek
Apr.1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
A small group of people gathered on Federal Plaza, underneath the Alexander Calder sculpture, to protest the dictatorship in the African republic of Togo.
The photo was unpublished by Life Magazine. Adderley and Arbanas played in college together at Michigan State.
...from the farmer's daughter, on the farm "Ryssel", Worcester, Cape Province.
April 1950
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White, Life Magazine
..of Zulu natives killing the Boer pioneer hero Piet Retief.
December 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White (Life Magazine)
An old edition of Life Magazine surrounded by an old US Army canteen, an old Beatles poster, and -- well, just lots of other old stuff. At Bartevian, on Boylston Street.
(That's the December 22, 1947 edition of Life. I was 6 years old when it came out.)
Barnett, L. "The World We Live In: Part II. The Miracle Of The Sea" (Feb. 9, 1953) Life, Vol. 34, No. 6
archive.org/details/Life-1953-02-09-Vol-34-No-6/mode/1up
For more information about the articles, please visit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_We_Live_In_(Life_magazine)
Designed by Louis Michel Thibault and completed in 1679, the Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in Cape Town. It was constructed originally to house the slaves of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) but was substantially modified when it was converted to Government offices in 1811.
The many uses of the building over three centuries - Slave Lodge, Government Offices Building, Old Supreme Court, and SA Cultural History Museum - attest to its long and complex history.