m3zzaluna:

love and barbed wire (lovers in the jardin des tuileries during the occupation), paris 1er, 1944

© robert doisneau, from doisneau [the war 1939-1944]

Happy Victory In Europe Day! (May 8th, 1945)

vintagegal:

Couple c. 1940s

lostsplendor:

“A woman walks her poodles along Fifth Avenue in October 1942” New York City, By Alfred Eisenstaedt (via LIFE)

hollyhocksandtulips:

Bondi Beach, Australia, 1942

cosmosonic:

The arrival of a boat carrying refugees from Europe reunites a mother and son who had been separated throughout the war, 1946.

bellecs:

Midwestern teenage girls, 1944.

bellecs:

Passing notes, 1944

aclockworkorange:

A soldier and a local girl share a chocolate bar and cigarettes, 1946.

hurtos:

Stranger in Town. William Eugene Smith, 1942.

Stanley Kubrick “Park Benches - Love is Everywhere” 1946

sharpegirl:

An outtake from my Gramz’s LIFE Magazine cover photoshoot in the 1940’s. This is her and her first husband, who went MIA in WW2. She was 23, here. Photo by Eliot Elisofon, 1941.

updownsmilefrown:

A loved one is swept off her feet by a returning GI in the aptly named town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1945.

life:

The heartache of wartime farewells…

(Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

sinuses:

Montmartre, Paris, 1948. 

Photo: Édouard Boubat