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A different America

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NutmegCT

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Some excellent color photos taken across the USA, late 1930s - early 1940s.

https://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp

Example:

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Wow, that was fantastic, thanks!

(PS, you think the guy in #70 had some lung issues or what?!)
 
Outstanding, thanks. I just got to #58 when my dog came over and is giving me the stare. That means there is nothing more important than to go running in the woods, right now.
I've gotta go since he usually brings me along.
 
Cool. Thanks for sharing. I forwarded the caribou shot to my SIL. A native.
 
Really interesting Tom! So much of what we see from those days is in B&W; it's nice to occasionally see color.
 
Rhodyspit75 said:
Cool. Thanks for sharing. I forwarded the caribou shot to my SIL. A native.
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I remember as a kid being jealous of the kids living in "The County" (Aroostock County, Maine) who were given the month of September off school so they could work in the fields for the potato harvest. Funny we never seemed to think how hard that work really was.

Seeing that picture of the Brockton (MA) Enterprise also brought back some memories. The Enterprise was one of the papers I delivered on my paper route and I seem to remember they were posting headlines in the front window like that well into the '60s.
 
Great collection. Looks like photos that Norman Rockwell might have taken if he were a photographer.
 
If you notice. most of these are reproduced from color slides. There's just something amazing about how well a color slide preserves the richness of the colors over the years. From what I recall, color slide film had extremely low ASA numbers, like 32 or 64, making them require strong light sources, but give you spectacular detail that you wouldn't have on higher ASA film like 100, 200 or 400 speed.
 
Thanks Tom for bringing back some childhood memories, great photos! That form of life extended long after WW-II, longer than a lot of the younger generation knew about. The farm auction brought back many memories, as Dad and Granddad took us kids with them to the farm auctions many times. They looked just like that photo. The ladies would be selling coffee and sandwiches in the farm house, coffee 5 cents and a sandwich was 25 cents, water was free! :highly_amused: PJ


Visiting retired grandparents in Lakeland Florida, 1945
The little guy, you guessed it! :devilgrin:
 
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