Black-and-white photograph: V-J Day, Portland, 1945. Location: Portland, Oregon. Date: August 1945.

V-J Day, Portland, 1945

August 1945  ·  Portland, Oregon

Sibling inference   Location 'Portland, Oregon' propagated from R11259-40 (same negative roll, manual-tagged).

Portland, August 1945. A frame from the Photo-Art Studio's V-J Day roll covering the city's celebrations as crowds gathered downtown following news of Japan's surrender. One of four surviving frames from the Photo-Art coverage of that day.

V-J DayWorld War IIPortland Oregon1945

Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Bulk donated to Oregon Historical Society 2002–2003 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.

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