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Description
Order Number
00106118
Title
Seventh
and
Broadway
on
V-J
day
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
10985
;
HE-000-703
4x5
Date
1945
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger.
;
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes
.
Original
photograph
has
tears
and
creases
.
Historical Data
On
August
6
,
1945
the
United
States
dropped
an
atomic
bomb
on the
Japanese
city
of
Hiroshima
and on
August
9
,
1945
on the
city
of
Nagasaki
. These
actions
shocked
the
country
and
prompted
Emperor
Hirohito
to
order
the
Supreme
Council
for the
Direction
of the
War
to
accept
the
terms
the
Allies
had
set
down
in the
Potsdam
Declaration
for
ending
the
war
. On
August
14
,
1945
,
it
was
announced
that
Japan
had
surrendered
unconditionally
.
Both
August
14
and
15
have been
known
as "
V-J
Day
" or "
Victory
over
Japan
Day.
" The
term
has also been
used
for
September
2
,
1945
,
when
Japan
formally
surrendered
aboard
the
U.S.S
.
Missouri
,
anchored
in
Tokyo
Bay.
;
Loew's
State
opened
in
1921
offering
film
and
vaudeville
acts
.
Designed
by
Charles
Weeks
and
William
Day
, the
12-story
building
is
said
to be the
largest
brick-clad
structure
in
Los
Angeles
. The
exterior
has an
elaborate
"
silver
platter
"
chased
ornamentation
above
the
ground
floor
. In
1998
, the
space
was
leased
to the
Universal
Church
. As of
2008
, the
State
was
being
operated
as a
Spanish-language
church
.
Description
First
photograph
caption
dated
August
15
,
1945
reads
"
Riotous
celebration
spread
through
downtown
Los
Angeles
as
soon
as the
announcement
of
Japan's
surrender
came
. Here, at
Seventh
and
Broadway
,
thousands
have
poured
out
into the
streets
and
cars
are
unable
to
break
through
the
walls
of
rejoicing
humanity
.
Emotions
kept
pent
up
through
nearly
four
years
of
war
were
released
as
Angelenos
cheered
and
wept
in their
happiness.
" The
huge
crowd
,
shown
from
overhead
is
gathered
on the
sidewalks
and in the
streets
,
blocking
several
automobiles
and
streetcars
. In the
background
is
the
Loew's
State
movie
theater
at
703
S
.
Broadway
.
Signs
on the
theater
read
"
Open
all
night
,
Loew's
State"and
"
Now
open
all
night.
" The
marquee
for the
theater
is
showing
"A
riotous
lesson
in
love
! '
Junior
Miss
'
Peggy
Ann
Garner
, 'The
gay
senorita.'
"
Next
to the
theater
is
the
Hamilton
Diamond
Co
. A
traffic
signal
on the
lower
right
reads
"
Go.
";
Second
photograph
caption
dated
August
14
,
1946
reads
"
One
year
ago
today...Angelenos
celebrated
in
wild
demonstration
on
V-J
Day
.
Downtown
streets
were
crowded
with
milling
thousands
; but
today's
observance
of the
victory
anniversary
was
quiet
and
restrained.
";
Third
photograph
caption
dated
August
14
,
1947
reads
"
Crowds
thronged
L.A
.
streets
when
Japs
surrendered
.
Thousands
of
Angelenos
thronged
through
the
streets
in
happy
celebration
of the
Jap
surrender
two
years
ago
today
.
Sidewalks
were
jam-packed
and the
crowd
overflowed
into the
streets
,
tying
up
auto
and
street
car
traffic
for
blocks
. This
scene
is
at
Seventh
and
Broadway
. In
contrast
to the
original
V-J
Day
festivities
,
today's
observance
was a
quiet
one.
"
Subject
Loew's State Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Hamilton Diamond Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.).
World War, 1939-1945.
V-J Day, 1945.
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles.
Crowds--California--Los Angeles.
Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles.
Street-railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles.
Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles.
Street-railroads--Wires and wiring.
Motion picture theaters--California--Los Angeles.
Marquees--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles.
Traffic signs and signals--California--Los Angeles.
Lampposts--California--Los Angeles.
Streets--California--Los Angeles.
Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles.
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles.
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles.
Storefronts--California--Los Angeles.
Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles.
Men--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Seventh Street (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
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http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
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