I found these photos captivating, moving and resonant - and they aren't even from my culture.
Go here: http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp
Amazing colour photos of Depression era America
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Go here: http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp
As someone whose parents and aunts and uncles went through The Great Depression, and have heard the stories and seen the photographs, the images in that collection in no way represent the worst of what went on. I see a LOT more food there than what many families had on a daily basis, as well as a LOT better living conditions. For a REAL taste of what The Great Depression was like, those photos ain't it.
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Agreed.
Though, I suddenly wouldn't mind a trip down to Pie Town.
Agreed.
Though, I suddenly wouldn't mind a trip down to Pie Town.
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Agreed.
Though, I suddenly wouldn't mind a trip down to Pie Town.
+1!!!
Hard to time though, as the pie shop isn't always open.. But the festival sure is fun..
Have you seen the depression era shots from Pie Town? A lady who was a small child at the time put up an exhibit of photos taken there at the ABQ Museum a couple of years ago.. They were facinating. I think she did a book as well.
^^ Several of them are from my area-- I'm not too far from Brockton.
Whether or not these pics depict the worst of the Depression-- and being from 1940, they wouldn't-- they are still amazing. The quality of the detail and the richness of the color really makes the past feel close enough to touch. Amazing to think that these people lived seventy years ago; most, if not all, are long gone now.
Whether or not these pics depict the worst of the Depression-- and being from 1940, they wouldn't-- they are still amazing. The quality of the detail and the richness of the color really makes the past feel close enough to touch. Amazing to think that these people lived seventy years ago; most, if not all, are long gone now.
Except for the kids. Of course, some of those could have died in Vietnam.
Those pictures were from right around the time my mom's parents married at ages 17 and 15, and then had my uncle in 1942, right before my grandpa went to fight in Burma.
Not silly, I come to the same conclusion!
That brings up the point of all the color photographs and films from WW-II, a war which most people remember as the last war fought in black and white. As we learned later, much of the original footage was in color but it was reprinted in black and white for distribution as newsreels, as black and white film was far cheaper to send to all the theaters. This realization raises questions about the filming of Schindler's List, though I'm not sure what the questions are, just that they should certainly exist. For example, was it shot in color and then converted to black and white under the mistaken impression that black and white would save money at the box office, even though black and white film probably cost more than color film by the time Spielberg shot it? Will Ted Turner correct the mistake and colorize Schindler's List? Will an out-of-work mime beat the snot out of Ted Turner if he does?
More likely Korea. And there are also accidents and disease. The youngest people in those photos would be well into their 70s now, if they survived this long.
Yeah, it's startling to see such vivid color in photos from that era.
While the colorization on those looks great I think have color Depression Era photographs sort of removes the mood and the, well, depression from the photos.
Color is just too... "cheery" I guess.
Color is just too... "cheery" I guess.
Then again, I met someone who's mother lived through the depression without even knowing there was a depression (she was quite well to do). Obviously, everything varied by region and economic group (these photos are all at thee end of the depression anyway).
Still, very cool photos. Some of them fit the stereotype of the period, others show that 1940 had more in common with 1840 than with today.
Well taken. That also gets back to an argument I got into on here years ago with one of the Trek writers about 'The Good Old Days.' I said they existed and she said they did not. We were both wrong. 'The Good Old Days' is a subjective phrase that means something different to each person. Some people have no 'good old days' in memory at all, due to their particular experiences in life.