Yesterday we attended a two hour long presentation at the Library on the subject of the famous photo known as The Kiss. This, you may recall was the photo of the US Sailor who was kissing a nurse in the street at Times Square in NYC. The purpose of the presentation was to show how using facts of astronomy and geography put the authenticity of this photo in great jeopardy.
This photo was taken on VJ day in NYC and was published on the inside of a LIFE magazine issue of that time. No one knows, to this date who the two individuals were in that photo. Some 40 or so men have come forward saying "it was me", but none were confirmed until some one wrote a book and claimed that it was two people who were proven to be "the ones".
Well, through detective work and a whole lot of cross checking, two professors at the college here have shown that the book published sometime back got it all wrong, and so also debunked the famous newscasters who made it clear on television that this book finally, once and for all, settled the issue of who were those two people. By using old photographs of buildings, train schedules, testimonies, and the shadow of an adjacent building on another building in the famous picture, the two professors were able to show that the book was in error.
You can find all this on http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-vj-day-kiss-timing-astronomy-20150626-story.html
The discovery of the exact time of the photo places all the claims by individuals that "it was me" in great doubt.
Conclusion: We still don't know who the two individuals were who are in the photo, but we do know the exact time of the shot.
This photo was taken on VJ day in NYC and was published on the inside of a LIFE magazine issue of that time. No one knows, to this date who the two individuals were in that photo. Some 40 or so men have come forward saying "it was me", but none were confirmed until some one wrote a book and claimed that it was two people who were proven to be "the ones".
Well, through detective work and a whole lot of cross checking, two professors at the college here have shown that the book published sometime back got it all wrong, and so also debunked the famous newscasters who made it clear on television that this book finally, once and for all, settled the issue of who were those two people. By using old photographs of buildings, train schedules, testimonies, and the shadow of an adjacent building on another building in the famous picture, the two professors were able to show that the book was in error.
You can find all this on http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-vj-day-kiss-timing-astronomy-20150626-story.html
The discovery of the exact time of the photo places all the claims by individuals that "it was me" in great doubt.
Conclusion: We still don't know who the two individuals were who are in the photo, but we do know the exact time of the shot.
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