| Title: | They helped make this news |
| Description: | Four sailors gathered around base of statue; all looking at open copy of Daily News held by sailor in the center; headline reads, "Jap Ra[dio] Reports Surrender"; location unknown. Caption on verso: "They Helped Make This News: Grins come quickly to the faces of Signalman 3d Class Edward McDermott, the Bronx; Seaman 1st Class Frank Grillo of Brooklyn and Signalman 3d Class John Goolsby of California (left to right) as they read the good news. Seaman 1st Class Richard Bolin of Minnesota shows his feelings, top, as he looks over the shoulders of his comrades." |
| Date: | 1945 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 14, 1945; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays [3]
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| Subject: |
V-J Day, 1945 [4] Sailors [5] Reading [6] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | HOLI 0524 |