Title from caption on object: "There Was Dancing on Wall Street...”

May 7, 1945

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 17.1 cm (8 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 23 × 18.1 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.363

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center stamped in red ink perpendicular: MAY-8 1945; center Acme copyright stamp in black ink; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: NY 482:- THERE WAS DANCING ON WALL STREET ON MAY 7TH / AS NEW YORKERS STAGED CELEBRATION OF VE DAY. FESTIV- / ITIES WERE TOUCHED OFF BY PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT BY / ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED IN EUROPE. / ACME TELEPHOTO 5/7/45

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