America in Color, '39 - '43

[Wiseguy A]

Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. These vivid scenes and portraits capture the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations, the nation's subsequent economic recovery and industrial growth, and the country's great mobilization for World War II.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-home.html

 

[clsecmbt]

Wow, just wow. That is a really neat collection, I wish I could see the repops in person. Take a close look at those people's faces, that's the look of a lifetime of hard work for a lot of them.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Good find!

 

[MissQueenie]

Hey Wiseguy!

I love those photographs! A friend directed me to the exhibition about a month ago so it's cross posted in the Steamer Trunk. There's another amazing thread in there with a link to a website run by a person who develops film he finds in old cameras (mostly 30s-60s). http://westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm (here it is, so you don't have to go digging for it)

 

[Wiseguy A]

very good; thank you

 

[Wild Root]

About a year ago, I found this site.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

I've posted photos from this site many times before. I just love to see original color. Some I have shown them to just couldn't believe that these were taken over 60 years ago! To see some things we may have in our collections in the days they were new, it's truly something. A real gimps into another time! It's almost like being there.

This is one of my top favorites!

This is good too! See how many Model A's were still on the road in the 40's!

Color film has been around since the late 1880's. There were very early forms and experiments with the process that are not known of today because they have been covered up by company's who want to take credit for the Advent of the color process. Color film came on the market by 1938 or 1939. It wasn't cheap but, it was available.

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This one is just to show what a city street looked like in 1942!

 

[Mr. 'H']

That girl above looks like she's wearing sneakers!

 

[Wild Root]

I believe they could be saddle shoes or canvas PF Flyers or Ked?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s. Girls of that era wore lots of comfortable canvas shoes for walking around and such.

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[nightandthecity]

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/product.aspx?p=4&e=0&pg=1&am=-1

this is another great image link. Just do a search in the archival section for your topic and see what gems come up! I just wasted a morning searching "French Resistance" and "Spanish Civil War". Incidentally, They have some more FSA/OWI/WPA images not on the Bound for Glory site.

Unfortunately they print "getty Images" over the top of the pics. But its still worth a long browse.

 

[CharlieH.]

I hope there aren't any rules against bringing up old topics...
Here's another vast collection of golden era colour photos:

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp

These range from 1938 to 1969 (The earlier ones are a bit faded). The majority of them are landscapes, and there are quite a few gems, such as scenes from Miami in 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition, prewar New York, snapshots from the Ringling Bros. circus during the 40s (Including a cameo by Joe E. Brown) and the 1948 Chicago Railfair. (as well as many portrait's of the author's 1938 Ford)

 

[nightandthecity]

don't worry....

.....glad you resurrected it. I always meant to post this link in this thread.....some fantastic pics here, especially of mid-20th century Europe and Britain though you have to navigate around to find them.
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/product.aspx?p=4&e=0&pg=1&am=-1

 

[CWetherby]

The "Bound for Glory" link is great! In our homeschool, we're about to embark on an extensive study of the 30's. Thanks so much for providing another resource!

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Amazing

How these color pics make the long ago seem so immediate! Thanks for all the links, y'all. :arated:

 

[20thCenturyTim]

Ladies, Check these images out...

I know that's a long URL. lol They are Getty fashion images 1972 back to the 20's

http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=EventImagesSearchState%7c0%7c1%7c0%7c28%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c1%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c57191680%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c%7c%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0&p=4&tag=1

 

[herringbonekid]

thanks,
i like these stylish ladies.....

 

[Mr. 'H']

Woah...!

What ladies...!

 

[Wild Root]

Nice photos but... the thread is about color photoslol

Check this out! Cesar Ramiro and company!

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Nice photos but... the thread is about color photoslol

Check this out! Cesar Ramiro and company!

Oh boy...I do love me the Cesar Romero......

 

[CharlieH.]

How would I love to be in Cesar's place....

And take a look at the rest of the Nickolas Murray Collection:
http://www.geh.org/fm/muray/murcol_sld00001.html

 

[jake_fink]

And take a look at the rest of the Nickolas Murray Collection:
http://www.geh.org/fm/muray/murcol_sld00001.html

Yikes. The food in those photographs looks apalling. My eyes need a bromo.