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2010 San Diego, CA.
The 'famous kiss' statue on the park.
(From Wiki-pedia): V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays an American sailor kissing a young woman in a white dress on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945. The photograph was originally published a week later in Life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the country that were presented in a twelve-page section called Victory. A two-page spread faces three other kissing poses among celebrators in Washington, D.C., Kansas City, and Miami, Florida opposite Eisenstaedt's, which is given a full page display. Kissing was a favorite pose encouraged by media photographers of service personnel during the war, but Eisenstaedt was photographing a spontaneous event that occurred in Times Square as the announcement of the end of the war on Japan was made by President Truman at seven o'clock. Similar jubilation spread quickly—with the news.
The photograph is known under various titles, such as V-J Day in Times Square and V-Day.
Randomly found this in a Life magazine 1950 and thought I would share it with the group. I hope I'm not breaking some copyrights. Merry Christmas all!!
Two photographs taken on the same day down the shore. The photo on the left is very small; it was cropped with scissors down to 2 1/8" x 1 1/8". I don't know whether Dad was posing or just scratching. The photo on the right could have come right out of a 1940s issue of Life magazine. Especially Mom's hair, makeup and bathing suit are totally of the period. Presumably this was in Belmar, N.J. Mom doesn't recall whether they were married yet here. In the background behind Dad on the left, you can see the beach extending from the water to the street, and on the other side are shops, houses, restaurants or other establishments. You would also have found booths where beach access could be purchased, for the day or for the season. Go another block, and you'd find cottages and houses, many of which were for rent during the season. This is what you would see and find in a typical Jersey shore town back then and later.
The US Woman Essay: American Woman's Dilemma- A dilemma that plagues that modern working woman in balancing personal aspirations, household and work.
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The Great LIFE Photographers depicts the evolution of photography
from the early 1940s until the end of the 20th century.
My mom is one of the on-lookers, the one in the polka dotted dress. Based on her labeling, it's a clipping from LIFE magazine. No date, probably 1952-53?