Really awesome Americana photos from the 40's

[Dr Fate]

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-exhibit.html

[BlueStateGirl]

1. Great Photos. Thanlks for the link. n/t

[Wcross]

2. Great photos! Thanks for the chance to see them.

I would never had seen them otherwise. I find one thing kind of distasteful but maybe it was the era. Why are some photos titled "african-american ......" Like the one titled "african american boy". I don't think "african american" was a term that was used in the 40's, why not title the photo "a kid" or "a boy" or "a child". Why is the kids race part of the photo's description?

[JI7]

8. it may have been what the photographer was trying to get across

their aim might have been to do photographs of african americans.

there is another pic of a black woman working titled "Woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber". it doesn't mention her race. the photographers intent in taking that may have been to record woman workers only.

i'm not sure.

but these pics are very fascinating to look at.

[RevCheesehead]

3. I really appreciate seeing those images in color.

My parents have lots of b&w photos from that era, but for some reason, the color adds something to the picture... it makes it feel more alive, and easier to imagine myself being there.

Thanks!

[Arugula Latte]

4. Those are amazing.

They evoke a lot of emotions in me. Nostalgia is among them, but overall, you sense the hard lives so many people had then (not that millions today don't have hard lives, but not as many people have to do hard labor). There's also an awareness of a sense of evil when you think about the way blacks were treated then.

[bridgit]

5. great stuff thanks for the link i'll book it...

:D

[Straight Shooter]

6. Thank you oh so very much.

This one is my favorite. It was a close contest, though. :)

[Bombero1956]

7. I have mixed feelings

on the one hand they evoke a feeling of a simpler time when the world wasn't as dangerous as it is now. On the other hand some aspects of that simpler time are too distasteful and shameful to see again.

[JI7]

9. these pics are during WWII

check out the "buy war bonds" poster in this school photo

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. Just thinking that when you see the young kids - 4 or 5 years old - they

were teenagers in the 50's. Right now they're around 65.