A stunning group of historical Depression-era images, 1939-1943.
They are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.
http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp
Enjoy! Some very compelling images..
Sandy
Posted by Mark Stahlke on September 30, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Thanks for the link Sandy. Those photos are fascinating.
At the risk of reigniting the ever popular film vs. digital debate, I have to say that these images make me wonder how many of our digital files will exist in any useful way 70 years form now.
Posted by Robbie Knight on September 1, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Sandy I just spent an hour looking at these and the early Russia slides.... Thanks for sharing. RK
Good stuff. It ties nicely with my recent experience of going through shoe boxes of old photos from our own family.
No, my ancestors were not great photographers. But their photos are incredible time capsules from other eras. Look beyond the folks dutifully posed in the foreground to the details of their surroundings, even their mode of dress. Great stuff, and I bet most folks here on NPN have such treasure hiding somewhere in the their family.
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3 repliesThey are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.
http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp
Enjoy! Some very compelling images..
Sandy
At the risk of reigniting the ever popular film vs. digital debate, I have to say that these images make me wonder how many of our digital files will exist in any useful way 70 years form now.
No, my ancestors were not great photographers. But their photos are incredible time capsules from other eras. Look beyond the folks dutifully posed in the foreground to the details of their surroundings, even their mode of dress. Great stuff, and I bet most folks here on NPN have such treasure hiding somewhere in the their family.