Rare color photos from depression era.

[Christian P.]

Some of these images are simply stunning.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/148072/20110518/rare-color-photos-from-depression-era.htm

 

[TangoBlue]

Yes, they are nice photos but the title you gave this thread is misleading; e.g., people are working, license plate in Lincoln, NE says 1942, and the majority of photo citations are from 1940.

The Great Depression happened in 1929 to 1939. Globally, the depression essentially ceased in 1939 as nations began preparing for war. In the US, from 1939 to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, domestic manufacturing increased by a phenomenal 50%. That's pretty evident in the pictures as so many are of manufacturing.

 

[frgtwn]

The link is to an item from the International Business Times. The OP simply used the title from the site.

Here is what the IBT has to say, in part:

These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created the images between 1939 and 1944.

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It is not unusual these days to be disappointed by the lack of reliable information from these online sources. It is as if they have never studied history, nor have the ability to convey a thought any deeper than one may find posted by a "friend" on Facebook.

I'd better stop now.

Dale