Big thanks to Matt who sent me this link to the Denver Post's Photo Blog where they have reproduced a gorgeous set of colour photographs of (mostly rural) America from 1939 -1943 that were taken by the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Administration.Saturday, August 7, 2010
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Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!!
If Seana checks these out I'm sure she'll forgive the caps and multiple exclamation marks
Very interesting photos.
Nice. It looks like such a simpler time.
Phil
Yes, they're lovely arent they? I especially like the big format on the Post's website.
Alan
They are indeed.
Glenna
Yes. But of course it probably wasnt.
Actually, I have nothing against the caps and exclamation points. They're very expressive, especially if you want to signal that you're about to set off on some diatribe.
Yes, thanks Matt and Adrian. I am actually working on a writing project that is about this era, or just slightly before and the visuals really help. I've seen a lot of black and white photos of the period, but not color, and I also haven't seen much that wasn't at home or at some family function. It's striking how similar the non-big city life was in terms of fashion and hairstyles everywhere. And this before television.
I lived in Denver as a kid and remember the Denver Post fondly. I used to save up the Sunday Empire magazines that came with them, with the idea that I was going to read them all some day, thus unwittingly beginning the life long pattern of big intentions and poor follow through. They disappeared in some subsequent move, but I kind of wish I had them now. One of the reporters had actually gone to Russia while the Iron Curtain was still in tact, and I vividly remember her description of lining up for, well, pretty much everything. For some reason, I think her name was Olga.
Seana
Yeah the Denver Post is good, but the paper I used to review for, The Rocky Mountain News, alas went out of business after 150 years last year.
One or two of these are so atmospheric of the depression in fact more than that) that they scream "Steinbeck was here" at me.
I'm glad folks enjoyed them. When I told my friends I was sending them links to some pictures they sounded enthusiastic. They seemed a little disappointed afterwards, however. Strange...
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