The Kiss

June 23rd, 2010. Filed under: Wednesday's Wonders.

Edith Shain claimed to be the woman in this famous picture taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt at the end of WWII. She died Sunday at the age of 91.  You can read about Edith here.  You can also read about this picture which appeared on the cover of the August 27, 1945, issue of Life magazine and the man who gave the kiss, as well as, the woman he thinks he kissed over at America in WWII.

 

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