America in Color from 1939-1943

[pyroza]

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

Pretty cool to see color pictures from that era rather than black and white or sepia

[Kennyredline]

Some really great shots there; it's quite noticable how many people are not smiling in any of the people shots...sign of the times I guess.

[dsr7723]

Wow great find OP, I really enjoyed those pics!

[Proboscis]

Motherload of old Calgary photos (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175090)

[ITR_typeR]

Originally posted by Kennyredline
Some really great shots there; it's quite noticable how many people are not smiling in any of the people shots...sign of the times I guess.
what....so nowadays everybody is happy?

[idioteque]

Wow, what an awesome collection of photos! I've never seen anything like this! It gives an entirely new and different glimpse into those days! Thanks for posting this! :thumbsup:

[95teetee]

nice find:thumbsup:

oddly enough, a couple days ago my uncle sent me an e-mail with a bunch of awesome b&w pics from that era. You don't expect to see color shots...

[Kennyredline]

Originally posted by ITR_typeR

what....so nowadays everybody is happy? :rolleyes: Well, historically speaking, yes. If you had paid attention to the title of the thread, and knew anything about history, you'd know that between 1939-1945, the second world war happened, when millions of people were being killed, and that in 1939 the United States was just coming out of it's worst depression in history. Not much to smile about is there?

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Kennyredline
:rolleyes: Well, historically speaking, yes. If you had paid attention to the title of the thread, and knew anything about history, you'd know that between 1939-1945, the second world war happened, when millions of people were being killed, and that in 1939 the United States was just coming out of it's worst depression in history. Not much to smile about is there?


Or it's because most people didn't have what you would call, good dental health care. Look at the 3rd girl in pic 11 to see what I mean.

[JAYMEZ]

Awesome find!

[JordanEG6]

Originally posted by Proboscis
Motherload of old Calgary photos (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=175090)

I enjoyed these. Good find. :thumbsup:

[Kennyredline]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok



Or it's because most people didn't have what you would call, good dental health care. Look at the 3rd girl in pic 11 to see what I mean.
Oh I'm sure they had great dental care, but most people probably didn't like having a hacksaw or a power drill in their mug!
But that did strike me, even the people dancing look unhappy.

[idioteque]

keep in mind that these are pictures of rural folk at the end of the dustbowl and depression. of course they are going to look unhappy.

[kvg]

Thanks, It's really cool to see those pics.:thumbsup: