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Old 09/23/10, 06:55 PM
 
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Amazing color photos from 1939 to 1943
Don't know if these have made it around the web - saw them posted on another site.

Many farming and other photos. Might show these to my mom who was just out of high school about then.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/
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Old 09/23/10, 08:06 PM
 
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Awsome! Their faces tell all. Hard life, hard times
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Old 09/23/10, 08:31 PM
 
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Oh wow, aren't they awesome?

Fantastic slice of rural life seventy years ago. Thanks for sharing!
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Old 09/23/10, 09:07 PM
 
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DJ these are just phenomenol.

Did anyone else notice the girls in Pie Town wearing the same dresses in #20 as #16?
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Old 09/23/10, 10:37 PM
 
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DJ these are just phenomenol.

Did anyone else notice the girls in Pie Town wearing the same dresses in #20 as #16?
My mom was born in 1922 and she has said she got to wear the same dress for a week. Maybe the same dress for longer, but washed on the weekends.

I was interested in the dinner table of the family in #17. Looks like they mostly lived off what they produced. Also noticed the dad's hand bandaged, which probably put quite a crimp in his life, as hands were actually needed then.
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Old 09/24/10, 10:02 AM
 
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The Texas kids seemed cleaner...must have had a river or creek nearby.

The color makes it seem more real...something about black and white photos puts them into the film industry category and I don't get as caught up in the moment as with color.
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Old 09/24/10, 10:28 AM
 
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I bought something the other day and received a penny in change and just wanted to throw it away.

Noticed in picture 30 that a penny could buy you an orange back then.
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Old 09/24/10, 05:41 PM
 
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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing!
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Old 09/24/10, 07:12 PM
 
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Awesome pics. I've seen them, but they're always worth a second look.

Anyone notice the tobacco plants in the garden in #21?
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Old 09/24/10, 09:02 PM
 
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It's what America is all about.

No matter what, there is always "possibilities".

Great, inspiring photos.
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Old 09/24/10, 09:24 PM
 
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I can't stop thinking about the bare feet on the children.
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Old 09/25/10, 08:46 AM
 
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Couldn't help but notice how much thinner everone was back then.
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