Rare Color Photographs

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[navysealdad]

Rare color photographs of the era that defined a generation.

[cvq3842]

Was there widespread looting and rioting back then? Not like today.

More people had morals then.

Just my opinion.

[basil]

Thanks for posting these old photos from Russia—I really enjoyed seeing them.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Thanks for posting. I have seen some of these pics before, but it is always nice to see them again. The color is awesome.

[Rome2000]

Who knew the Russians invented the Afro?

Pravda was right after all.

Cool duds to be dressed up in to pour some concrete, anybody showed on a job site dressed like that today would have to get paid extra.

[exDemMom]

A woman working on a 'Vengeance' dive bomber in Tennessee, February 1943

It's rather amusing--the woman doing a man's work in that photo is wearing nail polish.

[jwparkerjr]

re: could be Rockwell pictures

Have you ever read how Rockwell did his art? Fascinating. Everyone of them was a photo before he made a painting, and he would spend a LOT of time getting things just like he wanted.

I have always loved his work!

[BelleAl]

My husband’s family is from SW Virginia. It was hit hard too.

[Talisker]

These photos were truly amazing. Russia in color, a century ago.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

Yes, astounding, and especially so since they are a vanished people - the tidal wave of the Soviet communist revolution washed them all away forever.

[SoothingDave]

the era that defined a generation.

Isn't every generation defined by its era?

[Daffynition]

A quick saerch found:

September 1940. Crops and vegetables at Catron County Fair at Pie Town, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, one of hundreds of photos he made of Pie Town for the Farm Security Administration.

Russel Lee

[Charlespg]

like the tank crew

M4 shermans took a lot of casualties

[Yardstick]

If Norman Rockwell had been a photographer he could have snapped this one:

[Prospero]

Aren't those WPA pictures a treat? The same collection was linked here a few months ago, and they are delightful, even sobering.

For no particular reason, this quote from "No Country for Old Men," popped in my head, FWIW:

" You can't stop what's comin'. It ain't all waitin' on you. That's vanity. "

[B4Ranch]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/18/article-1388179-0C1EC90700000578-121_964x610.jpg

[B4Ranch]

>>It’s rather amusing—the woman doing a man’s work in that photo is wearing nail polish.<<

Until you think she is wearing nail polish because she probably was working two jobs to bring money home for the family.

Did you notice there was no smiles on any of the children’s faces?

[bannie]

Great bunch of treasures over there! Thank you! I like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tcahn7PwQU&feature=player_embedded

[Clock King]

Did you notice there was no smiles on any of the children’s faces?

Yeah, I always wonder about that. But two things come to mind, having viewed many similar pictures from my family in the past:1) people just weren't that used to taking pictures. It was kinda expensive and personal cameras cost a bit (relatively). 2) The culture was such that one was to look "dignified" and stoic when having your picture taken, as you would if you were having your portrait painted.

[B4Ranch]

Preschoolers don’t know how to look stoic or dignified. Give a happy child the slightest reason and they break out into a big happy grin.