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. The fourth surviving frame from the Photo-Art Studio's V-J Day roll. The R11259 series of four frames is a small but specific local record of how a Pacific Northwest city marked the end of the Second World War.

Date
August 1945
Location
Portland, Oregon
Archive ID
R11259-47
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
V-J DayWorld War IIPortland Oregon1945

Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Donated to the Oregon Historical Society in two parts — the bulk in 2002–2003 and the remainder in 2007 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.

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