B+W photo of image of children at a block party in Willow Terrace on V.J. day 1945.
Entry/Object ID
2011.033.0011
Description
Black-and-white photo of image of children at a block party in Willow Terrace on V.J. day 1945. 4" x 6" high print. Photograph was taken by Jack Smith; see photo 2001.049.0001 for another copy with other information; see related.
V.J. Day was "Victory over Japan." The copy here is from Joan (Smith) Cunning of Hoboken who made these identifications in June 2011 (a modern digital print is imaged for this record with her identifications appearing in the hand of Holly Metz; although marked 2001.049.0001 it is not a print of that photo):
Front row:
third from left: Maureen Kammerer
fourth from left: Marietta Smith
fifth and sixth from left: Anna May & Maureen McMullen (twins)
Second row (kneeling) from front:
first full face from left: Catherine King
third from left: Joan Smith (kneeling behind one of the McMullen twins)
first from right: Virginia Morley
Standing at rear, from right:
third from right: Joan Earl
fifth from right: Virginia Smith
sixth from right: Jerry Smith (arm leaning on head of boy in front of him)
eight from right: Joe Aurora (between Jerry Smith and Joe Aurora is an unidentified head of a boy)
Original was a copy photo and is not held by Museum. Reverse blank. Digital images only. Tiffs media archive. Reference prints on file. See photo 2011.033.0001 for PDF with all images in this accession.
Acquisition
Accession
2011.033
Source or Donor
Cunning, Joan
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Artist
Smith, Jack
Date made
1945
Place
Location
Hoboken
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Digital copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-06-09
