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November 30, 2006

The 'Dirty Thirties' in colour

The Guardian has an article about a little-known collection of colour photos of everyday life in rural America during the 1930's. It's a bit of a mental shock: we've all seen so many B&W images of that time that subconsciously most of us think that colour didn't exist. These images should help to correct that error.

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This image is from the slideshow at The Guardian, showing a rural family going to town on Saturday afternoon somewhere in Greene County, Georgia. Original image by Jack Delano.

Posted by Nicholas at November 30, 2006 11:04 AM
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Semi-related: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ Ghost of Flea linked to this a few months ago. Posted by: Jon at November 30, 2006 02:27 PM
I am half way through the second season of Carnivale... I half expected to see pics of Dust Bowl tarot readers and a creepy preacher. Posted by: Flea at December 3, 2006 04:27 AM


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