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Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943
Denver Post ^
| July 26, 2010
| Plog
Posted on 08/07/2010 7:18:23 AM PDT by re_tail20
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 Americas 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.denverpost.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Society
KEYWORDS: 1940sphotos; colorphotos; photography
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:18:26 AM PDT
by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
Americans making things and growing things.
A self-reliant people, still.
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:36:52 AM PDT
by
heartwood
To: re_tail20
Very interesting collections, including the WW II and Russia photos.
To: re_tail20
WOW !
Awesome post !
Thanks !
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:41:59 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: re_tail20
To: re_tail20
Great stuff! Thanks for the post!
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:44:23 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: re_tail20
Fascinating. I looked at every photo! Thanks
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:46:34 AM PDT
by
Wage Slave
(Army Mom!)
To: re_tail20
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:47:19 AM PDT
by
dubyagee
(Thrilled to be here...)
To: re_tail20
Wow, those are so eerie in color. A lot of the kids in the pics will still be alive, in their 70s or 80s
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:47:35 AM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
To: re_tail20
Our parents and grandparents were much tougher than us. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:47:43 AM PDT
by
Franklin Wright
(In the spirit of "Restoring Honor" I'm now posting under my real name.)
To: re_tail20
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:48:53 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: re_tail20
Very nice! Thanks for posting.
I know it's dumb, but I always have a mental picture of that whole era being in "black and white". This give me a whole new perspective.
I am emailing the link to my Dad, who was born in 1930. I think he will enjoy the pics.
Thanks again!
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:50:48 AM PDT
by
PalmettoMason
(The shattered skulls of tyrants should be used for traction under the boots of justice. T. Nugent)
To: re_tail20
Fascinating! Thanks for posting.
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posted on
08/07/2010 7:54:53 AM PDT
by
ecomcon
To: re_tail20
I had always thought that the world was black&white back then.
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posted on
08/07/2010 8:01:34 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: re_tail20
Saying that these photographs are property of the Library of Congress may be misleading. There is no copyright to these images or any of the other Farm Administration or WPA commissioned work. Anyone may make copies of these photographs. Unfortunately, when you get them from the LOC they are huge TIFF files having originated from 4X5 color negatives, and working with them requires a fast computer and lots of patience. Even still, the resolution is less than what you would expect, and far below what you could produce with a modern DSLR. Not that the film wasn't capable of more, it's just perhaps that the lenses and processing was not up to modern standards. Although I have processed a few of these very phots as part of my hobby, and they can produce wonderful prints up to 24X60, which is the limit I can print.
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posted on
08/07/2010 8:03:05 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: re_tail20
Some of those areas had not changed much 10-15 years later, when I was growing up in NM in the 50s.
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posted on
08/07/2010 8:03:51 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: re_tail20
Thank You for the thread.
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posted on
08/07/2010 8:04:31 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: re_tail20
That was extraordinary. Thank you!
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posted on
08/07/2010 8:04:35 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: PUGACHEV
when you get them from the LOC they are huge TIFF files having originated from 4X5 color negatives
I did a 'save as' of the blog webpage in Firefox. It eventually gave me an error (because of javascript crap on the blog page). However, it did download the pix in JPEG format. 150-250 Kb each.
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posted on
08/07/2010 8:08:27 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: re_tail20
Not a single fat slob (obese person).
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