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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.
I found these little treasures at Recycled Books earlier this afternoon. I love old Life magazines, and I couldn't have been happier to find these.
I also bought an issue of Life that covers the Kennedy assassination (not pictured).
Very pleased with my purchases.
...complete with "DRINK COCA COLA" sign at celebration at the foot of the Voortrekker monument in honour of the country's early Dutch settlers.
December 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
...at the end of Voortrekker celebration honoring the country's early settlers, having their beards shaved off, which they grew to participate in the event's pageant.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
Hepburn is photographed impersonating Pearl White, a silent film actress know as the "Queen of the serials".
The photograph would appear in the December 20, 1963 issue of LIFE Magazine.
The photograph is by Bert Stern.
Hepburn wearing Givenchy for a fashion editorial which appears in a May 1962 issue of LIFE Magazine.
The photograph is by Howell Conant
...listening to speakers during huge celebration in honor of their country's pioneers.
Dec. 1949
Photo: Margaret Bourke-White
Over a thousand Chicagoans from all over the city, gathered at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by David Lang.
...of 900,000 sitting deep in an appalling yellow wasteland of mountainous refuse dumps, the dusty leftovers of six prosperous decades of gold mining.
Apr.1950
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.
The statue in the middle was erected in memory of South African troops who died in WWI
Nov 1946.
Photo: Nat Farbman