Just give me thos nice, bright colors

[Basil]

WWII Era Kodachrome

 

[Gliderman8]

Wow very stunning photos! Lots of "Rosie the Riveters".
Great collection.

edit: these photos really make me miss my film cameras.
There is nothing like setting depth of field and f-stops.

 

[PAUL161]

Very nice Basil! Thanks. I just sent the link to my two sons, who love aircraft and aircraft stories. PJ

 

[bgbassplyr]

Also noticing the lack of any type of safety equipment, ie, gloves, glasses, hard hats, etc, etc.

 

[John Turney]

Also noticing the lack of any type of safety equipment, ie, gloves, glasses, hard hats, etc, etc.

But there is bright red nail polish!

 

[DNK]

Happy B'day Jimmy!

 

[Banjo]

Many obviously "posed", but none the less stunning! What a neat collection of excellent photos.

 

[NutmegCT]

Also noticing the lack of any type of safety equipment, ie, gloves, glasses, hard hats, etc, etc.

Happy birthday Jim!

A friend of mine worked in an ammunition plant during the war. She said newspaper and magazine publicity agents would often come to the plant and tell the workers "we'll be here tomorrow - so look your best".

So they'd do some heavy-duty cleaning up, toss off the gloves, hard hats, and eye covers, put on nail polish (women), oil back their hair (men), etc, and look good for the cameras. And absolutely no dirty, greasy clothes.

She showed me a photo of her back in 1943, sorting oily ammunition. Bare hands, red nail polish and lipstick, powdered face and perfectly curled and arranged hair. And wearing a brand new lace collared dress.

She said it wasn't exactly her workaday appearance.

Tom

 

[Sherlock]

I have a 1917 photo of munitions workers in England, it's B&W of course, but clearly taken by a professional photographer with a very good camera... Just follow this link to my scan of it - https://farm1.staticflickr.com/33/53001021_153204a934_o.jpg

How good is the photo? (other than all the restoration work it needs

), in software I got this photo to 200% or even more of original scan size and everything was still tack sharp!

Great link at the top BTW, some excellent images but then negatives that size will yield excellent results at any time, even now...

 

[rkep01]

I think the best overall photo was this one. :thumbsup:

 

[DrEntropy]

Most of those are heavily (artificially) lit. IIRC Kodachrome then had an ASA of 16... had to drive the light onto it with a sledge hammer. :wink:

Great images, BTW.

I was overjoyed to obtain a Honeywell Strobonar as a 16 year old. Made "painting" an interior scene MUCH easier. Those guys likely had to schlep Klieg lights around with 'em!

 

[PAUL161]

I think the best overall photo was this one. :thumbsup:

Reminds me of my dad, who ran cranes like that for forty years. Back then it wasn't as easy running those old rigs as it is today with air conditioned and heated cabs, stereo etc.