Title from caption on object: "Times Square Tempo is Hot”

August 14, 1945

Matty Zimmerman

Artist, American, 1912 - 1966

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.3 × 22.9 cm (7 5/8 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 19.8 × 25.6 cm (7 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.362

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along right edge printed in image: (NY11) NEW YORK, AUG. 14-- TIMES SQUARE TEMPO IS HOT-- TICKER TAPE / FLEW IN ALL DIRECTIONS AMID CROWD IN TIMES SQUARE TODAY AS NEW / YORKERS CELEBRATED IN RESPONSE TO UNOFFICIAL JAP SURRENDER / REPORTS. (SEE WIRE STORIES) (AP WIREPHOTO) (RT31115STF -LENT) 1945; on verso, center right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / AUG 15 1945; center right stamped in black ink underlined in red crayon: WAR- 2ND WORLD ARMISTICE / JAPAN-U.S. REACTION

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