Rare Color Photographs of Small Town America During The Depression, 1939-1943
07.28.2010
08:00 pm

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Art
Economy
History

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Great Depression

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These photographs taken for the US Farm Security Administration in the late 30s/early 40s are among the only color photographs taken during the Great Depression. They document the impact of the depression on small town and rural America. Each tells a story, each one a work of art.
 
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The photos, 70 in all, are available for viewing at the Denver Post website. See them at Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

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