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Times Square Kiss Photos

 

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This is the original  Times Square Kiss photo, taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, portraying an American sailor kissing a woman in a white dress on Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) in Times Square in New York City, on August 14, 1945.


Now see a reenactment:


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Sydnor Thompson, age 90, kisses his wife, Harriette Thompson, age 91, while reenacting the Times Square Kiss photo, taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, to mark the 69th Anniversary of the end of World War Two and victory over Japan on August 14, 2014 in Times Square in New York City. A statue reenacting the famous photo was also unveiled at the event. Andrew Burton/Getty Images (A)