LC control no. | n 2012012147 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Friedman, Greta |
Variant(s) | Zimmer, Greta |
Associated country | United States |
Located | New York (N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1924-06-05 |
Death date | 2016-09-08 |
Place of birth | Wiener Neustadt (Austria) |
Place of death | Richmond (Va.) |
Found in | The kissing sailor, c2012: ECIP galley (Greta Friedman; Greta Zimmer; NYC dental assistant in 1945; appeared in famous V-J Day picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, NYC) New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 12, 2016 (in obituary published Sept. 10: Greta Friedman; b. Greta Zimmer, June 5, 1924, Wiener Neustadt, Austria; came to the U.S. with two of her sisters, 1939; landed in New York City; m. Dr. Mischa E. Friedman, 1956; d. Thursday [Sept. 8, 2016], Richmond, Va., aged 92; said she was grabbed and kissed by a sailor in a euphoric moment that made for one of the most defining American photos of the 20th century) |