I was doing my usual web/blog surf last week when I ran across a reference to the Bound For Glory exhibit at the Library of Congress. I have always been fascinated by history, photos, paintings, etc... You should have seen me the first time I went to the National Portrait Gallery in DC.
But whenever you see photos from any time before the 50s, everything is black and white - and really gives it a sense of ancient history. Here is the summary of what this exhibit is all about:
Bound for Glory: America in Color is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. These vivid scenes and portraits capture the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations, the nation's subsequent economic recovery and industrial growth, and the country's great mobilization for World War II.
It is fascinating. When you see the pictures of the Great Depression or rural poverty in color it somehow makes to more real, obviously a product of the era in which I live. Take a look and see for yourself.
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