Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

Denver Post ^ | 08/15/2010 | Denver Post

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

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.

[AlmaKing]

The clarity is great. I’m saving many of these.

[Outlaw Woman]

This was posted a couple of weeks ago as well. Truly awesome. I sent them to my 83 year old step-father and he really enjoyed so much. After looking at them, I was curious for more detail and found that zooming in (I have only adobe) so much more could be picked up; bread crumbs on the table, different areas of the block even windows could be brought in for more detail. Truly awesome. Thx for posting.

[edh]

I’m 36. I remember asking my mom when I was 3 or 4 years old if she had “light” and “color” when she was young :-). I think she wanted to kill me at first (she would have been around my current age then). :-).

These pictures are fantastic ... thanks for sharing the link!

[4buttons]

try this, too-

http://www.shorpy.com/

[Jedidah]

Beautiful. Thank you so much for posting.

[SaveTheChief]

Beautiful. Nice catch. Thanks for sharing.

[Frank_2001]

Excellent!

[unkus]

Thank you very much!

[Frank_2001]

Notice how neat and well-dressed everyone was, and the seriousness of their demeanor-especially the schoolchildren! We were poorer then, but much wealthier in the things that REALLY matter.

[Flavius]

How strange nobody is fat

[One_American]

Great Pictures! These folks were a tough breed.

[BallyBill]

I've been looking through this archive a few times lately....the early 1900’s color stuff is extremely interesting. When my son showed me some of these I told him I already saw it and tried to find some of the stuff I had viewed before and had a heck of time finding it, he eventually found it though.

[Tudorfly]

Outstanding. My first job was picking spuds in Ft. Fairfield, Maine at the age of 7 in 1957. Earned enough money to buy a pair of boots from Sears. Excellent photo essay of America for that time period. God bless you and your family.

[vbmoneyspender]

bookmark

[hole_n_one]

How strange nobody is fat

A very astute observation.

[advance_copy]

Wow. Just wow.

Also found this one of WWII (starting w/Pearl Harbor) photos on that page. Incredible.

WWII Photos

[Flavius]

Well that’s the only one that got pass the censors

[TASMANIANRED]

The one that is titled “choppin cotton” is hoeing a bare field.

[ops33]

This is one of the reasons I enjoy reading the posts on FreeRepublic. Its not all politics, many times there are fascinating articles such as this one. Thanks for posting.