The lit message running around the Times Building read, “VJ, VJ, VJ, VJ” as George Mendonsa grabbed a stranger and kissed her. Two seconds later the moment was gone, but Alfred Eisenstaedt an…
Source: August 14, 1945, A Kiss in Times Square – Today in History
I love this! That is one of my favorite photos! 😀
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Magic isn’t it!
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What a wonderful moment, captured for all to see. Great background story.
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Isn’t it just!
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Thank you for sharing.
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A pleasure as always.
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Love this!
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So much more enjoyable when you have the back story!
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A lovely background story to that iconic image. As Cartier-Bresson once stated. “The decisive moment” indeed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Such a familiar image for us and for our parents but how many later generations know it, I wonder.
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