By Barrett Golding 2011.03.09 1 Comment»
The Library of Congress exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color displayed some of the only color photos of Great Depression rural and small towns in America. Photographers in the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information shot these images between 1939 and 1943, during Kodachrome’s dawn. The Denver Post selected a few dozen for their blog-post “Captured: Great Depression Photos: America in Color 1939-1943.” Here’s just a few:
Barker at the grounds at the state fair. Rutland, Vermont, September 1941
Headlines posted in street-corner window of newspaper office (Brockton Enterprise). Brockton, Massachusetts, December 1940
Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains. White Plains, Greene County, Georgia, June 1941
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