Posted on 08/15/2010 6:24:03 PM PDT by 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.
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The clarity is great. I’m saving many of these.
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.
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!
Beautiful. Thank you so much for posting.
Beautiful. Nice catch. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent!
Thank you very much!
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.
How strange nobody is fat
Great Pictures! These folks were a tough breed.
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.
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A very astute observation.
Well that’s the only one that got pass the censors
The one that is titled “choppin cotton” is hoeing a bare field.
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.
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/
World War I Color photos.
The a very early color photography process was invented in France in 1907 and there are a handful of color photos.
The woman on the far left in the “girlie show” picture looks just like Nancy Walker (Rhoda’s mother)
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Kudos ... Nice break.
If you want to see the effects of a depression in America, go to any mall in the real America. That would be every place more than 100 miles outside of the DC metro. You will notice around a 70% or less occupancy rate and will be able to park real close.
Very nice pictures yet deeply moving.
Thank you for posting these.
Just lovely.
i wonder what the original format of the negative is/was; it is certainly possible they were large-format (e.g. 4x5” or larger), which would make it possible to have almost unlimited detail with a top-quality scanner and technician doing the scanning.
I don’t know. It’s really amazing to zoom in though. Of course there’s a limit and then it becomes too pixelated to make out details. The one where the women are having lunch at the train yard shows a calender on the wall. I tried to zoom in to get a closer look but it didn’t work. For awhile, you can actually feel transported to another time.
A colorful Past, indeed.
Those are amazing photographs of amazing people.
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They may have been breaking up the big clods into smaller clods. That is one task I had to do a few times in my dad's enormous garden.
Wow!
And again: WOW!
Excelent find. Thanks for posting!
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Wow! What amazing clarity and quality.
A wonderful look back into the past. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for the ping - those photos are a fascinating look at the past.
Memories to be treasured.
Preparing a field for planting is what you do first.
Chopping cotton is what you do after the crop has come in.
I remember my Mama (grandmother) made us dresses out of feed sacks.
That was a loooooong time ago.
Thank you for the photos!
My wife’s grandmother passed last year at 90. Her lifespan included the car, radios, TV, telegram, telephone, electric appliances, airplanes, computers, way too many things to count.
The horse drawn truck was how she was brought home from the hospital and this past year, my wife complains that the GPS is not dynamic enough and the heated seats don’t warm-up fast enough for her liking.
They had tons of pictures from slides back then. it was supposed to be only something rich people could get done.
I just saw that pic on Yahoo and thought the same exact thing. I was trying to find young pictures of her on google to compare and found your post.
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