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Crowds at Fourth and Pike on V-J Day, Seattle, August 14, 1945
Order an ImageJust 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 Day.
Signs in image: Kloppensteins. Florsheim Shoes - Buy War Bonds. Suits - Overcoats - Lundquist-Lilly. Buy War Bonds. Holeproof Hosiery, Windbreaker Jackets, Manhattan Shirts. Men's Wear Center. Pike Recreation. Sander's Fountain Lunch - Malts, Sodas. Arden Protected Milk. Sunfreze Ice Cream.
Handwritten on negative: V.J. Day.
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.
Signs in image: Kloppensteins. Florsheim Shoes - Buy War Bonds. Suits - Overcoats - Lundquist-Lilly. Buy War Bonds. Holeproof Hosiery, Windbreaker Jackets, Manhattan Shirts. Men's Wear Center. Pike Recreation. Sander's Fountain Lunch - Malts, Sodas. Arden Protected Milk. Sunfreze Ice Cream.
Handwritten on negative: V.J. Day.
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: PI28290
Date: 1945
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI28290
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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