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A sailor gets a resounding victory kiss
A sailor gets a resounding victory kiss

A sailor gets a resounding victory kiss

Date5/7/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: A sailor gets a resounding victory kiss.
Medium
Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0001579F
Amid all the joyous scenes of revelry accompanying London's long-awaited announcement of victory, a Canadian soldier, gets his V-Day kiss from a C.W.A.C. sweet-heart
Amid all the joyous scenes of revelry accompanying London's long-awaited announcement of victory, a Canadian soldier, gets his V-Day kiss from a C.W.A.C. sweet-heart
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/1/1945
Veteran Des Smith, 66, gets a gander at Shelly Segin's knees yesterday during Veterans Appreciation Day at Branch 101 of the Royal Canadian Legion at (...)
Veteran Des Smith, 66, gets a gander at Shelly Segin's knees yesterday during Veterans Appreciation Day at Branch 101 of the Royal Canadian Legion at (...)
Royal Canadian Legion
5/31/1992
Sailors Carry Beer from a looted Brewery
Sailors Carry Beer from a looted Brewery
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/10/1945
A lone sailor bows his head. And Toronto honors its dead of four wars
A lone sailor bows his head. And Toronto honors its dead of four wars
Darrell, Dick
11/11/1963
An old warrior remembers. An old campaigner, one leg off at the hip, sits in silent tribute to fallen comrades as two sailors keep watch during the an(...)
An old warrior remembers. An old campaigner, one leg off at the hip, sits in silent tribute to fallen comrades as two sailors keep watch during the an(...)
Geo, Mario
11/11/1969
Ex-Sailors march
Ex-Sailors march
Lennon, Frank
5/5/1985
Decked with yards of ticker tape, these girls were among the thousands who milled about the streets celebrating victory day. But there were sober mome(...)
Decked with yards of ticker tape, these girls were among the thousands who milled about the streets celebrating victory day. But there were sober mome(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/19/1945
Happy celebrants of the victory in Asia who here bang on drums, clash their cymbals and generally make merry are members of the chinese population of (...)
Happy celebrants of the victory in Asia who here bang on drums, clash their cymbals and generally make merry are members of the chinese population of (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/21/1945
In Vancouver these happy Chinese, many of them in the native costume of their old land, sing joyously in the victory celebration at the coast. For the(...)
In Vancouver these happy Chinese, many of them in the native costume of their old land, sing joyously in the victory celebration at the coast. For the(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/16/1945
Not All Halifax people did their Victory celebrating in the glass-littered streets
Not All Halifax people did their Victory celebrating in the glass-littered streets
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/2/1945
Moustache Bristling, President Ben Phoenix of the Army, Navy and Air Force 306 Owls Unit, stands at attention during 11 a.m. service in front of Cenot(...)
Moustache Bristling, President Ben Phoenix of the Army, Navy and Air Force 306 Owls Unit, stands at attention during 11 a.m. service in front of Cenot(...)
Royal Canadian Legion
11/11/1976
D-Day memories: Jim Kenn, 70, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion color party at D-Day ceemonies at the old city hall Cenotaph today, presents arms during the salute
D-Day memories: Jim Kenn, 70, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion color party at D-Day ceemonies at the old city hall Cenotaph today, presents arms during the salute
Cooper, David
6/6/1984