Color photos from the 1940s

[Rita]

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Here are some wonderful color photos from the 1940s.

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photographers took these photos which are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America?s rural and small town populations.

Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 ? Plog Photo Blog

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[RiverOtter]

The color adds so much to the story.

 

[Poodleone]

Thanks for sharing- I sent this link to my uncle who was born in the 30's

 

[Rita]

Thanks for sharing- I sent this link to my uncle who was born in the 30's

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yw! There are some really amazing photos. I wonder if they are ever a traveling exhibit. It would be great to have them come to the DFW area.


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[Lynnie]

Those are beautiful, thank you!

 

[DD]

They ARE amazing. Wow.

 

[sarawind]

These are wonderful! Thanks.

 

[Kurt]

Very powerful - thanks!

 

[GoodWitch58]

powerful images...so glad they exist and that you shared them.

 

[DuneAHH]

Thanks for posting this! I love looking at old photos. The fact that these are color somehow makes the past seem cheerier than I've ever been able to envision. Old B&W photos always seem to express a grainy, harsh, bleak, sunless world.