Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943

Colorful Depression

Thanks to photos and films I've seen, I usually think of the Great Depression as a black-and-white or sepia period, sort of like Kansas in the celluloid Wizard of Oz. But color film, though relatively rare, existed back then, and the Library of Congress has produced an eye-opening online exhibition of color Depression-era photos. See if you don't agree that the people and locales in these pix seem much more lifelike--and contemporary--without the distancing effect of monochrome photography.

(via 2blowhards)