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V-J Day in Times Square. August 14, 1945
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Alfred Eisenstaedt shot one of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century in Times Square, where crowds were gathering to watch the electric news ticker for an anticipated announcement by U…

Contributor:

Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Date:

1945

Subjects:

Photography, Cities, Love, Military

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Photograph of sailor grabbing and kissing a woman in a busy city street with people and buildings in background.
Stalingrad Attack
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Georgi Zelma’s photograph of soldiers charging up Mamayev Hill with their guns at the ready became one of the iconic photographs of Soviet heroism in the battle of Stalingrad. What draws the eye…

Contributor:

Georgi Zelma

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Stalingrad, USSR (Volgograd, Russia)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Photography, War, Cities, Violence, Military

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography
Photograph of soldiers holding guns as they approach ruins of a bombed city.