Minnesota's Greatest Generation

People celebrating on VJ Day, Minneapolis, 1945.

Eye-witnesses to local V-J Day celebrations reported that the streets of downtown Minneapolis were clogged with people, making it difficult for automobile and streetcar traffic to get through. This traffic jam occurred on Nicollet Avenue, near Donaldson's Department Store on the corner of 6th Street.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1945
Identifer: location E448.17 r7

People celebrating on VJ Day, Minneapolis, 1945.