Servicemen and ladies hold up newspapers announcing "Victory in Japan"
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Title
Servicemen and ladies hold up newspapers announcing "Victory in Japan"
Collection
Austin Hansen photograph collection
Series VII: General Subjects
Events
Victory in Japan, New Yorkers in Harlem and Times Square celebrate surrender
Names
Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1945
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Austin Hansen Collection
Subjects
Marines (Military personnel)
African American soldiers
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans
Victory celebrations
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12017637
Archives ID: 533511
Archives EAD ID: 3396083
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e9f49e30-004d-0130-cd7c-58d385a7bc34
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© The Estate of Austin Hansen.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Servicemen and ladies hold up newspapers announcing "Victory in Japan"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e9f49e30-004d-0130-cd7c-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1945). Servicemen and ladies hold up newspapers announcing "Victory in Japan" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e9f49e30-004d-0130-cd7c-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Servicemen and ladies hold up newspapers announcing "Victory in Japan"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e9f49e30-004d-0130-cd7c-58d385a7bc34
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