American in Pictures During the War - 1939 - 1943

Both sad and incredibly beautiful, images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.  Below is a sample of America in the throes of depression and despair.  Riveting.  For more pics visit the The Plog/Denver Post.

A fabulous book ... fabulous pictures.  I love this sample below:

Barker at the grounds at the state fair. Rutland, Vermont, September 1941. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Jack Delano. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress