Geoff sent me this link to these awesome photos. They are some of the only color photos of the Depression Era in the United States. They were part of an exhibit a few years ago and currently are kept in the Library of Congress.
Worker at carbon black plant. Sunray, Texas, 1942. Photo by Worker at carbon black plant, John Vachon.
M-4 tank crews of the United States. Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer
Distributing surplus commodities. St. Johns, Arizona, October 1940. Photo by Russell Lee.
Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, Chicago and Northwest Railway Company. Clinton, Iowa, April 1943. Photo by Jack Delano.
Woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber Tennessee, February 1943. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer.
Hauling crates of peaches from the orchard to the shipping shed. Delta County, Colorado, September 1940. Photo by Russell Lee.
There are a ton more photos, all very cool. Check them out!
2 comments:
Neat! It's pretty cool to see shots from this era in color....really brings them to life for me.
wowee! beautiful shots.
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