nebula Posted August 13, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted August 13, 2010 A friend posted this on FB, thought it worth sharing. Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time-keeper Posted August 13, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 221 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/29/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/06/1994 Share Posted August 13, 2010 wow! that's amazing! You always see these black and white pictures, and you can't really relate to the Great Depression, but to see them in colour is a whole new story. I feel i can realte a little bit more. Their great Neb, thenks for sharing. Intresting to see things be 5 cents again. hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 14, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 14, 2010 Awesome photos! It always amazes me that life actually happened before I was around to see it. Silly, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Good Morning Nebula, Thank you for sharing these photos with us. They are incredible! There was one that was personal and hope you don't mind if I share this. There is a photo of B-25's being built in Kansas City, KS. In 1990, when I first started working in the metal fabrication industry, my boss, originally had 2 machines, a brake press and a shear, that made parts for the B-25's. Almost 50 years later I learned a bit of my trade on these 2 machines. And you know what, they operated with the bare minimum of maintenance! Interestingly, the B-25 was one of the work horses of the war, very dependable and could take a beating and still fly. All the photos were so cool, but this one hit me where it matters! Thank you! God bless you, Randal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted August 14, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 540 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,867 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 23,579 Days Won: 228 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Wow ... we all talk about times being hard and poverty but seeing these makes ( or should make ) us more gratful for what we do have. How many of our children walk around bare footed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted August 14, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 There was one that was personal and hope you don't mind if I share this. Mot at all! And I enjoyed reading what you had to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldzimm Posted August 14, 2010 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,874 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 348 Days Won: 12 Joined: 03/10/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/08/1955 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Thanks Neb for posting these great pictures. I always thought the world was black an white before 1955, amazing. In the photo of the kids at the state fair during (I think it was 1939), I looked at that young man and thought that he was probably the same age my father was back then. I also noticed in the same picture how the girls were wearing dresses made of the same material, it was common for mothers to make cloths for their children like that back then. In most of the pictures you can see how hard times were back then by the look on their faces, but give then credit because they had the "can do attitude". There was no welfare and the government didn't give them much ( if any) of a bailout. Churches and other civic organizations helped wherever they could to meet the needs of the poor and that is what being an American was all about (sticking together to get through some hard times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted August 14, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Slide #26 of Cascade Idaho. It looks almost the same today. A lot of those store fronts are exactly the same! Also #27 shows the road into Emmet, which is exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyguy Posted August 14, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Share Posted August 14, 2010 A friend posted this on FB, thought it worth sharing. Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted August 15, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted August 15, 2010 You're welcome! One thing I noticed in these pictures, something they had back then that we don't have much of. . . Community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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