Depression Era Images

[Capocheny]

Thought some of you would be interested in seeing images from the days of the Great Depression.

Not all images are LF but some are:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/?source=ARK_plog

Cheers,

[bbuszard]

Very nice, and thanks! There's a striking difference in the preservation of the colors in the various photos. Some look brand new, others are faded nearly to monochrome. I wonder if the variance reflects Kodachrome vs. other emulsions.


Thought some of you would be interested in seeing images from the days of the Great Depression.

[lenser]

Wonderful images. In doing some historical research about the town I used to live in, I discovered several years ago that the Library of Congress has on file, county by county and state by state, the images from Roy Striker's team of photographers. At that time, you could order prints of any negative for a dollar or two. No idea what the circumstances are now, but I discovered dozens of images available for Scott County, Mo. alone and was told by the staff that each county across the country had it's own file. Amazing resource and all in the public domain.

[Mark Sampson]

The color variances are perhaps due to storage problems or imperfect handling before processing. I believe that Kodachrome was the only color film available at that time, or at least the only color film readily available in the USA. Ektachrome and Kodacolor were introduced in the late 1940s.