Slightly O/T - Incredible depression-era colour photos

17,923 · August 6, 2010

A little bit of car content, but even without it these need to be seen. Annoyingly I can't seem to hyperlink to any of the images, but trust me - you need to check these out if you're into photography or history or anthropology or stuff.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/

August 6, 2010

Amazing pictures,

Feels like you could walk straight into some of them, reminds me a bit of Road Dreams by Elliott Bristow, its worth googling if you like this kind of thing.

1.2k · August 6, 2010

Don't know why but I knew straight away that train yard was chicago. Anyway I like the damn construction pictures and the bomber factory.

28,792 · August 6, 2010

Wow! Some gorgeous pics in that lot. In artistic terms, I particularly like the reflection shot of the woman riveting the Vengeance dive-bomber.

Any country that can let its settlers call somewhere "Pie Town" is all right by me!

3.6k · August 6, 2010

Brilliant find, thanks for posting.

If some of those photos had been in black and white they could easily have been mistaken for being at least 50 years older.

August 6, 2010

Considering how old they are, the detail is truly stunning. The welder at #62 really stands out for me.

2.4k · August 6, 2010

These are truly fabulous. The colour and definition on them is amazing and the composition excellent too.

A lot of people say old photos should be in black and white for that authentic, atmospheric feel but I think that's bollocks quite frankly. I wasn't there; I want to see what colour the woman's dress or farmer's shirt was. This brings it all closer to us and much more to life.

Thanks for posting the link.

2,787 · August 7, 2010

Sod the lack of car content, what a brilliant find. Absolutely stunning pictures, and I loved the one of the girl watching the boy making a model 'plane, amongst many others