Title
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Artist
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Medium & Support
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Creation Date
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VJ Day, Times Square
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Eisenstaedt, Alfred
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Gelatin silver print with resin coating on paper
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1945
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This was the happy scene in Louisville, Kentucky on August 14, 1945 when President Truman announced the surrender of Japan
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with airbrushing on paper
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August 14, 1945
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The New York Garment Center showered down confetti and ticker tape when news flashed this morning that the Japanese want out
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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August 1945
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Thousands jammed New York's Times Square after President Harry Truman announced Japan's unconditional surrender
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Unknown Photographer
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Wire photograph on paper
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August 14, 1945 (printed 1973)
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Facing towards the White House, this photo shows the crowd that gathered on hearing of the Fall of Japan. The group behind the fence is President Truman and his staff.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 14, 1945
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Military police struggle to hold back the crowds that besieged the fences in front of the White House after President Truman announced the surrender of Japan
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 1945
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The terms of the Japanese surrender in his hand, President Truman is shown surrounded by his most important men
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 1945
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U.S. veterans of the European front crowd the decks of the USS General Stewart to catch a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with applied pigment on paper
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August 24, 1945
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Japanese Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, who hid in the Philippine jungles for nearly thirty years, salutes after emerging on Sunday
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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March 11, 1974
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Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese World War II Army Intelligence officer, emerged from the Philippine jungles after 29-years
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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March 1974
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The awesome power of the atomic bomb can be seen in the remains of the once-thriving city of Hiroshima, Japan
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United States Air Force Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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August 6, 1945 (printed July 27, 1965)
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Located a mile from the atomic bomb blast over Nagasaki, Japan, the huge Mitsubishi Steel Works was completely wrecked by the explosion
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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September 1945
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Blasted tree trunks rise above the wreckage in Nagasaki, Japan, scene of the second atomic bombing in history
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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September 1945
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A dejected Japanese man pulls a cart on a narrow roadway in the suburbs of Nagasaki. Wreckage is piled high on either side of his path.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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September 1945
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This was the auditorium of the Hiroshima Municipal office building. Both explosive force and fire left it a ruin.
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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1946
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A Japanese emissary sent to arrange entry of a Third Fleet unit into Sagami and Tokyo Bays gives his name and rank to officer aboard the destroyer Nicholas
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United States Navy Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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June 27, 1945
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U.S. Marines search a Japanese officer for concealed weapons as he comes aboard the USS Missouri, prior to entry of the Third Fleet into Sangami and Tokyo Bays
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United States Navy Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 28, 1945
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Under guard in a U.S. Navy boat, four officers from the Japanese garrison at Rota are brought to a warship for a conference leading to surrender of the island
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United States Marine Corps Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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August 27, 1945
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While General Joseph Stillwell looks on, Rear Admiral Tadao Kato signs papers surrendering Amami Island, marking capitulation of the Ryukyu chain, Okinawa
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United States Navy Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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September 8, 1945
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Major General Charles A. Willoughby with members of the Japanese surrender arrangement delegation, as they arrived at General Headquarters in Manila
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United States Army Signal Corps Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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1945
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Preceded by an American officer, members of 16-man Japanese surrender arrangement delegation arrive in Manila from Ie Shima
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United States Army Signal Corps Photographer
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Vintage sound photograph on paper
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August 19, 1945
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This Japanese cameraman turns his miniature camera on the proceedings as Yokosuka Naval Base went under U.S. control
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United States Navy Photographer
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Vintage wire photograph on paper
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September 18, 1945
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Japanese sign their surrender aboard the USS Missouri before representatives of nine Allied nations
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
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September 2, 1945
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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender as the United States representative
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage gelatin silver print on paper
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September 2, 1945
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Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender as the United States representative
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Unknown Photographer
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Vintage gelatin silver print on paper
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September 2, 1945
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