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08/05/2010 02:47:03 PM · #1 |
One of the blogs I read had this link: Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943.
Originally posted by From the article:
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color. |
These pictures really touch me. I've only seen B&W pictures from this time period, but seeing pictures in color had me relating with them more. |
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08/05/2010 03:13:27 PM · #2 |
Wow...
Many, many of these photographs (Pie Town, New Mexico) are from very near where I live... I suppose I should go out and try to relocate some of these locations.. |
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08/05/2010 03:29:00 PM · #3 |
my boss sent me that link at lunchtime. They're some really nice stuff there.
Check the links at the end, too. More goodness.
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08/05/2010 03:44:46 PM · #4 |
Awesome photos! Thanks for the link.
Grammatical nitpick: Denver Post's use of the phrase "some of the only," which is completely meaningless... I think they mean "some of the few." |
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08/07/2010 08:18:18 AM · #5 |
| I find it amazing that when you see old pictures in color I feel that things have not changed that much. |
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08/07/2010 09:59:38 AM · #6 |
Absolutely stunning. Industrial America in its growing stage... Now, there are no hard working people like those and hardfaced, hardsouled... It's just too different now.
Even I didn't live those years, I felt like I did.
Good stuff |
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08/07/2010 10:00:05 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by maggieddd:
I find it amazing that when you see old pictures in color I feel that things have not changed that much. |
Haven't they? |
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08/07/2010 10:05:01 AM · #8 |
Flickr's Commons has a huge archive of color photos from this era, including the ones shown on the page.
//www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/with/2178275503/
Warning: The Commons in general, and this set in particular, may be HIGHLY addictive. |
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08/07/2010 11:00:48 AM · #9 |
Thanks for sharing, some great photos there.
//www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157603671370361/with/2178275503/
Message edited by author 2010-08-07 11:01:39. |
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08/07/2010 07:09:52 PM · #10 |
Great shots - number 58 is inspiring in more ways than one.
Anyone know if there are any 1930s/1940s London photo collections in colour? |
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08/07/2010 07:58:09 PM · #11 |
| Nice! I grew up near one of the shots in Derby. |
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08/07/2010 08:35:25 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
Originally posted by maggieddd:
I find it amazing that when you see old pictures in color I feel that things have not changed that much. |
Haven't they? |
People haven't fundamentally changed in the last 80 years. Hell, they haven't really changed all that much in the last several thousand years.
We have more technology and ready access to tons of information, but it hasn't changed human instincts or personality traits.
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08/08/2010 06:43:33 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Simms:
Great shots - number 58 is inspiring in more ways than one.
Anyone know if there are any 1930s/1940s London photo collections in colour? |
Not in colour but still interesting.
LMAS Glass slide collection |
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