Sep. 30, 2011 at 4:47pm with 61 notes
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denverpost: Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color. View the complete gallery of 70 striking historic photos This blog entry is from last year, but it’s enjoying a resurgence we thought we would share. I -love- these images.

denverpost:

Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.

View the complete gallery of 70 striking historic photos

This blog entry is from last year, but it’s enjoying a resurgence we thought we would share.

I -love- these images.