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...at the end of Voortrekker celebration honoring the country's early settlers, displaying mustaches after shaving off their beards which they grew to participate in the event's pageant.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company. 1882. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A Fine First Edition of this collection of poems including "The Difference". In flexible plain covers. Frontispiece, Aldrich portrait with tissue guard present. BAL 315 ; Illustrated by The Paint and Clay Club . Houghton Mifflin and Company US
... surrounding the city square as horsemen, dressed as Voortrekkers, ride past in a parade during celebration honouring their country's early settlers.
December 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
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.
... at the end of Voortrekker celebration honoring the country's early settlers, displaying their half-shaved off beards which they grew to participate in the event's pageant.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
...for 40,000 people from all parts of South Africa who have gathered near hill topped by the Voortrekker monument, which honors the 19th century Dutchman who settled Cape Town, during celebration of the country's pioneers.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
...at the end of Voortrekker celebration displaying the luxurious beards they grew to participate in the Boer Voortrekker celebration in honor of their country's early Dutch settlers.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
...shielded from the sun by umbrellas, while listening to speakers during huge celebration in honor of their country's pioneers.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
... than themselves, gathered to compare whiskers during huge celebration in honour of their country's pioneers.
December 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
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.