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1939-1943 color images

gecko0gecko0 Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
edited August 16, 2010 in The Big Picture
:D

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/
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    chuckinsocalchuckinsocal Registered Users Posts: 932 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    gecko0 wrote: »
    :D

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

    Those are awesome photos ... so hard to believe they were taken some 70 years ago. There's a lot of wonderful history there.

    Thanks for the link.
    Chuck Cannova
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    IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2010
    Absolutely stunning. Makes me pine for film. What tonal range. Grainy as hell by today's standards, but oh my. They just feel, I don't know, more immediate or something. Thank you.
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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    Thanks for sharing, just amazing.
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    cab.in.bostoncab.in.boston Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    Very beautiful. Pardon my lack of knowledge of photographic history, but I didn't really think that color photos from that era were even possible, or at least not in any kind of camera capable of taking action shots (like the square dance). How far back does color photography go?
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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    cab.in.boston wrote: »
    Very beautiful. Pardon my lack of knowledge of photographic history, but I didn't really think that color photos from that era were even possible, or at least not in any kind of camera capable of taking action shots (like the square dance). How far back does color photography go?

    check this out
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography
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    iCandiiCandi Registered Users Posts: 63 Big grins
    edited August 2, 2010
    these are simply stunning. thanks so much for sharing! what a great look back into history. love this link and will be sharing it. thanks again.thumb.gif

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    gecko0gecko0 Registered Users Posts: 383 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2010
    Thousands more here from even earlier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress

    My favorite pic at the moment (would make a great "caption this" entry!!):

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    lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2010
    What a fantastic share! Thank you.

    The one that sticks in my head is the African American people working the fields, the ladies in the shot are all wearing dresses! The lady in the middle looks ready for the office, and she's hoeing a field, hard to believe.

    I will be sharing this link with many, thank you.
    Liz A.
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    rfreschnerrfreschner Registered Users Posts: 58 Big grins
    edited August 6, 2010
    Really great stuff - thanks for sharing! I've looked through the images a couple of times since I first saw this post and they just continue to grab me.
    Rick

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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,697 moderator
    edited August 6, 2010
    gecko0 wrote: »
    :D

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

    Great link, gecko.

    Many of those images can be seen in "Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-1943" - a book I reviewed here - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=26368&highlight=%22Bound+Glory%22

    I love these old Kodachrome images

    One of mine...
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    indiegirlindiegirl Registered Users Posts: 930 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2010
    Time machine, history lesson, fashion parade and awe all in one. Thanks.
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