Confetti-filled streets during a celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II, Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945

Title: Confetti-filled streets during a celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II, Los Angeles, August 15 and 16, 1945
Date Created: August 15 and 16, 1945
Date: 1945-08-15/1945-08-16
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: People walk over the confetti that was thrown out of windows over Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. This was part of a celebration of Japan's surrender during World War II.
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: US Jap War - Peace - Along Main Street

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Japan
World War II
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Surrenders--Japanese--California--Los Angeles
Events
Victory celebrations--California--Los Angeles
War
Culture

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz00280bbd
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .