America in Color 1939 - 1943 (photo gallery)

[HunterICX]

http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp

A nice window into history with some very nice shots

#65 with the P-51 mustang has to be my favorite of the bunch.

HunterICX

[Schroeder]

Nice.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Somehow, I feel like I just got back from a little field trip or a museum.:hmmm:

Loved those train pcis:up:

[Task Force]

Some very good pictures in there. As undersee said, some good train pictures.

[Gerald]

:DL

[Rhodes]

Nice! :up:

Possibly kodachrome slides, isn't?

[Weiss Pinguin]

Amazing how clear these look :o

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6956/color064sjpg95020000750.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7825/boeingfactory2002.jpg

[SteamWake]

A stunning portrayal of the pepole that made America great.

#28 Ahead of its time?

The railway shots... I may borrow a few.

A gem of a find thanks for sharing.

[Ducimus]

Awesome! :up::up:

[AVGWarhawk]

These are very cool. You really get a good idea of what life was like. What a different time than what we know today.

[JSLTIGER]

That's the P-51A Mustang with the Allison engine...it almost cost the P-51 its legacy, because the performance was mediocre. Then the P-51B came along and married the airframe to the Merlin engine and history was made!

[krashkart]

#26 ... that picture reminded me a lot of home, and then I read the caption. Pretty close! :DL

These are some amazing pictures. :yep:


EDIT: Just saw #27. Ha! Wonderful! :sunny:

[TarJak]

Nice stufff. good find! I love the early 20th Century Russian Shots as well: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/?source=ARK_plog

[Lionclaw]

Great pictures! Interesting to see how it was back then.

53 is great, easy to forget how enormous the steam locomotives were. Puts it in perspective when there's a person beside it. :o :yeah:

H Class locomotive. Never heard of that one. :hmmm:

Found it.
http://www.steamlocomotive.com (http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/?page=cnw)

[Rilder]

69.. Propaganda to get kids to spend their allowances on war bonds? :O:

[Jimbuna]

Was no 19 the first ever Macdonalds? :DL

Nice shots, especially the A-20 and P-51

[August]

These are very cool. You really get a good idea of what life was like. What a different time than what we know today.


Far fewer fat people for one thing... :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Far fewer fat people for one thing... :yep:


No king (burger king), colonel(Kentucky Fried Chicken) or clown(McDonalds) :03:

[krashkart]

Far fewer fat people for one thing... :yep:

They burned a lot of calories at work, I guess. :DL


And what AVG said above.

[August]

Growing up during the Great Depression would tend to make folks pretty lean i'd guess.

[krashkart]

I love the early 20th Century Russian Shots as well: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/?source=ARK_plog

I had no idea that color photography was in development then. What a surprise when the page opened up in the browser and I see not black and white photographs, but color! Some really great, beautiful shots. :DL

[mako88sb]

I had no idea that color photography was in development then. What a surprise when the page opened up in the browser and I see not black and white photographs, but color! Some really great, beautiful shots. :DL

I thought the same so imagine my surprise to find some on the same site from Russia in the early 1900's.:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/544/

[nikimcbee]

Great find Hunter! Days when kids worked instead of sit on their butts and watched tv

[nikimcbee]

I thought the same so imagine my surprise to find some on the same site from Russia in the early 1900's.:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/544/

I love those Russian churches. I wonder how many of the survived stalin's time and communism in general?

[TarJak]

I had no idea that color photography was in development then. What a surprise when the page opened up in the browser and I see not black and white photographs, but color! Some really great, beautiful shots. :DLYup first colour photograph was taken in 1861!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Tartan_Ribbon.jpg/733px-Tartan_Ribbon.jpg

http://subsim.com/radioroom/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1466303

[nikimcbee]

What would Jim look like if he were Russian?:hmmm:

Subsim minds want to know..
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http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-71639/cache/russia014.sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sJPG?12816686 39

[nikimcbee]

and Reece, what would he look like if he were Russian?

or maybe a kiwi?
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http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-71639/cache/russia043.sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sJPG?12816686 43

[nikimcbee]

on a serious note, this photo makes me think of "Hero of our Times" by M Lermontov, which happens in the Dagestan region.
http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-71639/cache/russia046.sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sJPG?12816686 43

[Jimbuna]

What would Jim look like if he were Russian?:hmmm:

Subsim minds want to know..



and Reece, what would he look like if he were Russian?

or maybe a kiwi?



LOL...but neither of us quite as purdy as you :DL

http://www.tatianart.com/costume_red_russian_s.jpg

[August]

Hey Russian guys, what is in those two rows of thin pockets he has on the chest of his coat? I used to think they were bullet holders but they're too big. Cigar holders? :hmmm:
http://denverpost.slideshowpro.com/albums/001/496/album-71639/cache/russia046.sJPG_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.sJPG?12816686 43

[nikimcbee]

LOL...but neither of us quite as purdy as you :DL

http://www.tatianart.com/costume_red_russian_s.jpg


:haha:

[SubV]

Hey Russian guys, what is in those two rows of thin pockets he has on the chest of his coat? I used to think they were bullet holders but they're too big. Cigar holders? :hmmm:

Honestly, I dunno. :)

Btw, this guy is not exactly Russian. He's Chechen or Dagestan (southern muslim regions of Russia).

You can take a look at more incredible colour shots of Russia in late XIX - early XX century here (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/work.html), here (http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0) and here (http://sechtl-vosecek.ucw.cz/en/prokudin-gorsky/sever.html)