Color photos from early 40's in the US

Started by Windpower, November 19, 2010, 09:40:23 AM

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Windpower

 A collection of 70 photos from the early 40's


Someone commented this was one of the finest photos he had ever seen

I can't disagree

Montana shepherd with horse and dog Madison CO, Montana, 1942




Lincoln, Nebraska,  1942





Mike Evans, welder, Chicago 1943





there are 67 more here

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


eta fix the link
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John Raabe

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Great images. Thanks for posting these. I couldn't get the link to resolve into the gallery you were viewing, but found this slideshow of B&W photos (pre 1950):

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/22/from-the-archive-american-cities-pre-1950/2360/

Such as this native house trying to survive in 1912.

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Windpower

Often, our ignorance is not as great as our reluctance to act on what we know.

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