331 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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Chinese American children with flags in Victory Square, Seattle, 1944
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - Victory Square, China Day.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 10, 1944.
ID Number:PI28269
Date:1944
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Crowds in Victory Square, September 1944
Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, was the hub of Seattle's home front activities during World War II. Crowds gathered here for parades, war bond rallies, and many other patriotic events. This photo shows a huge crowd at Victory Square in late September 1944. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and…
ID Number:PI28279
Date:1944
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Sailors looking at V-E Day newspaper, May 1945
May 8, 1945, called V-E Day, marked the victory of Allied forces in Europe, although World War II still raged in the Pacific. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published an special addition, with the giant headline "It's over in Europe!" This photo shows a group of sailors and a woman in King Street Station excitedly reading the newspaper. Handwritten on negative: V-E…
ID Number:PI28287
Date:1945
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Crowds at Fourth and Pike on V-J Day, Seattle, August 14, 1945
Just after midnight on August 14, 1945, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hit the streets with the news that the Japanese would accept the allied peace terms. Sirens blared, car horns honked, church bells rang and people danced in the streets to celebrate the end of World War II. The day of the victory over Japan came to be known as V-J…
ID Number:PI28290
Date:1945
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Sailor climbing lamppost on V-J Day, Seattle, August 14, 1945
Just after midnight on August 14, 1945, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hit the streets with the news that the Japanese would accept the allied peace terms. As sirens announced the end of World War II, merrymakers in a "rooting, tooting, honking mass" spilled onto the streets of downtown Seattle. Civilians and servicemen, including several Navy men from Bremerton, came together in…
ID Number:PI28297
Date:1945
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Group displaying V-J Day newspapers, August 14, 1945
Just after midnight on August 14, 1945, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hit the streets with the news that the Japanese would accept the allied peace terms. Sirens blared, car horns honked, church bells rang and people danced in the streets to celebrate the end of World War II. The day of the victory over Japan came to be known as V-J…
ID Number:PI28299
Date:1945
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Sailors kissing girls on V-J Day, Seattle, August 14, 1945
Just after midnight on August 14, 1945, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hit the streets with the news that the Japanese would accept the allied peace terms. Sirens blared, car horns honked, church bells rang and people danced in the streets to celebrate the end of World War II. The day of the victory over Japan came to be known as V-J…
ID Number:PI28300
Date:1945
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Puget Sound Bridge & Dredge Co. employees on V-J Day, Seattle, August 14, 1945
Handwritten on negative: V-J day rally at Puget Sound Bridge & Dredge.Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - V-J Day.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 15, 1945.
ID Number:PI28310
Date:1945
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War brides and children disembarking from plane, probably in Seattle, 1950
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - War brides, with Mrs. Ruby Starr, Mrs. John Ross, Mrs. Raymond Trotter, Mrs. Irving Deshwier, Mrs. Roy Spencer.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): February 20, 1950.
ID Number:PI28316
Date:1950
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Signal Corps troops marching at Fort Lawton, January 29, 1944
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:SHS822
Date:1944