Title	1945: Students react to Japan's surrender
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 193: Japan's surrender in the summer of 1945 brought a smile from the unidentified coed at left and reaction from Starr Prolsdorfer of Mobile and Marilyn Sheffield of Pine Hill, pictured in Toomer Drugstore. An atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, and another on Nagasaki three days later forced Japan's unconditional surrender, which followed Germany's months earlier. Photo source: Glomerata, Auburn University Archives.
Date	1945-08
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- Students College students -- Alabama World War, 1939-1945 Newspapers
EOA Categories	Education -- Higher Education History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 2094 x 1484 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	175C.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge