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Servicemen and ladies hold up newspapers announcing "Victory in Japan"

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Image ID

4014352


Item data

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

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints

Languages

English

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.

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

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

Chicago/Turabian Format

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

Wikipedia citation

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