V-J Day 1945 WWII Type II Original Photo PSA/DNA Rare Iconic Times Square's Kiss

“Exceptionally rare, vintage Type II. No Known Type 1's of this image. Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, after news broke of the Japanese surrender in World War II, has lived a storied life since it was taken on August 15, 1945. Often called “The Kiss,” it became the iconic image of celebration at war’s end, a black-and-white bookend separating an era of darkness from the beginning of a time of peace.