The Denver Post has put up an impressive set of colour photos from the 30s.
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.[full post]
You can check out the Library of Congress’s digital exhibit here (Requires Silverlight… really? LoC’s going to make me use IE?)
I’m a sucker for old signage, but there’s lot more than that to see here. History buffs should check out the headlines posted in the photo below. It’s upsetting to hear that “Flying Santa Will be Delayed”, but there’s a more interesting one about Italy and Mussolini.
