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A crowd gathered in Times Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan in the Second World War, August 14, 1945.
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A crowd gathered in Times Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan in the Second World War, August 14, 1945.
Photo: Science Source/Fine Art America
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Residents of Little Italy celebrate V-J Day, August 14, 1945.
Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America
Laura Bromwell, after breaking an air record by looping the loop 57 times, took out her powder puff and nonchalantly powdered her nose, Curtis Field, Long Island, August 14, 1920.
Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America
Chinatown residents were especially happy when Japan surrendered in World War II--the country had invaded China in 1931 and by this time the death toll was about 20 million. But they brought out the Stars and Stripes to celebrate V-J Day, August 14, 1945.
Photo: Associated Press
Everyone was happy on V-J Day, August 14, 1945. Even the cop takes the teasing with a smile.
Photo: NY Daily News
Livingston Street, Brooklyn, August 14, 1950, noon.
Photo: Max Henry Hubacher via NYPL
Chinese-Americans on Mott and Pell Streets in New York's Chinatown celebrate the Japanese surrender on V-J Day, August 14, 1945.
Photo: Tom Fitzsimmons for the Associated Press via Herkimer Times Telegram