Friday, March 30, 2012

Library of Congress Releases Color Photos From the 1930s-40s


The U.S. Library of Congress is sharing a series of rare color photographs from the Great Depression and World War II, an era typically seen only in black-and-white. The images depict what life was like for Americans, particularly farm labor and aspects of WWII mobilization: factories, railroads, aviation training and women in the workplace. The images were captured by photographers working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Office of War Information (OWI). Take a walk through labor history on the FSA/OWI Flickr site or the Library of Congress page, where you can also find a link to more than 170,000 black and white images.