These 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.
By: Spanky | Jul 29th, 2010 (2:32 PM) | Thanks: Spanky
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jtWOOd - NOT the "whiteman's bitch"
Jul 29th, 2010 (2:39 PM)
Color? So these people were real???
/mind blown
One of the headlines in Photo #6 reads: Flying Santa Behind Schedule.
Excuse me, I have something in my eye.
Enohead doesn't know, doesn't care
Jul 29th, 2010 (3:04 PM)
Those were awesome.
Thanks: Spanky, indeed.
Well I was living in Germany at the time and..........
WEIRD.
Ok, I have a potentially offensive question...
In the tank crew picture, is the guy in the middle South-East Asian, or is he just a really dirty white guy?
I appreciate the COMPLETE LACK OF FAT FUCKS in any of the photos...
Raw Recruit said:
I appreciate the COMPLETE LACK OF FAT FUCKS in any of the photos...
fatty food's expensive i guess
jtWOOd - NOT the "whiteman's bitch"
Jul 29th, 2010 (4:11 PM)
Raw Recruit said:
I appreciate the COMPLETE LACK OF FAT FUCKS in any of the photos...
the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations
reno fly like paper get high like planes
Jul 29th, 2010 (4:26 PM)
29: was that kid bound around the ankles or something?
spleen
- I'm an animator, not an english teacher
Jul 29th, 2010 (4:27 PM)
Godfather makes offers and gets refused
Jul 29th, 2010 (4:44 PM)
I could not find anyone wearing onions on belts. Are we sure these are real?
CatATonic is staring through you
Jul 29th, 2010 (5:11 PM)
70 years later:
See here douschebag dandy pictured in Ed Hardy graphic hoodie with iPod and complete lack of self-accountability.
the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations
Must be different in the city, 'cause my aunt got the Depression real bad and gained, like, fifty pounds.
Enohead doesn't know, doesn't care
Jul 29th, 2010 (5:15 PM)
52: HEINEKEN?! FUCK THAT SHIT!!
That's twice in one month that I've trotted out the Blue Velvet line.
I don't care.
It was fitting.
Frontpage indeed. These are amazing. Good to see what to expect when the depression kicks in.
IG88 will hunt your bounty
Jul 29th, 2010 (6:14 PM)
Spanky - women love him, men want to be him
Jul 29th, 2010 (6:46 PM)
spleen said:
front page!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!1
For suffering through the great depression, they sure are dressed well. I don't have any coats or hats like that.
Jul 29th, 2010 (10:22 PM)
Also, half those pictures are more "WW2 at Home" than great depression
Jul 29th, 2010 (11:18 PM)
Chimp711 said:
For suffering through the great depression, they sure are dressed well. I don't have any coats or hats like that.
Yeah, if it was so bad, why does everyone keep calling it "great?"
Bunker built Danny Carey. 43 times.
Jul 29th, 2010 (11:51 PM)
These are great. They really bring you closer to that time rather than the typical black and white photographs.
If I had my way, I'd have someone else rather than Spanky post the link to this so it could be on the Front Page. But I know this is part of his plan to make the Backwash the new Front Page and the Front Page the new 4chan.
You sly bastard, you.
That cutting torch in pic 49...
I've used a brand new one this week that looks 100% like it. Good desighn stands the test of time.
I wanna see Teddy the Wrestling Bear.
How did they get color when the world was black and white back then?
reoiv - it rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again!
Jul 30th, 2010 (8:40 AM)
skrutinizr said:
How did they get color when the world was black and white back then?
Black and white photos are color pictures of a black and white world...
Black and white photos at the time turned to color when everything else did. DUH!
arothman sees your fail and raises you +3 internets
Jul 30th, 2010 (9:58 AM)
Even the children and teenagers looked like old people back then.
cr00k lurks in the shadows
Jul 30th, 2010 (2:27 PM)
tionanny said:
That cutting torch in pic 49...
I've used a brand new one this week that looks 100% like it. Good desighn stands the test of time.
I noticed that too. Everything from the torch itself to the cylinder trolley and even most of his PPE are identical to today's standards.
Develan thinks before he speaks
Jul 30th, 2010 (3:40 PM)
#27 of the Shasta Dam, that's where I live. Not the damn, of course, but in Redding CA. I can't imagine how hot it was when they were building that. It's like 105 outside right now, and it's a cool day. Everytime I've gone to that dam I've been blown away by the scope of it. It's absolutely huge.
A few years ago they opened up the spillway on the top of the dam. It was some big old event for this shitty town, but it was amazing to watch the ridiculous ton s of driftwood that had built up go flying out the top of the dam.
Enohead doesn't know, doesn't care
Jul 30th, 2010 (4:22 PM)
I love in the comments where people have been grousing about the term "African American" being used in some of the photo captions.
Trust me - that's much better than what the captions originally were in the 1940's.
I'm sure they changed them when they posted the pictures, thinking they were being sensitive.
Not sensitive enough for some, apparently.
Enohead doesn't know, doesn't care
Jul 30th, 2010 (4:23 PM)
(that's in the site's comments, not in the Fazed comments, by the way)
I didn't look at the comments there, but I was also thinking about how annoying it was that almost every time there was a black person in the photo they had to point it out. I hear that shit all the time living in Atlanta. People always mention that a person is black when relating a story regardless of how irrelevant it is.
Sinestro is playing with power
Jul 30th, 2010 (10:19 PM)
I have a black friend who does that
fenris is the new host of Dance Party Tarzan
Jul 30th, 2010 (10:28 PM)
Penny oranges, and probably delicious too. Not genetically modified shit. But a nickel for a grapefruit? Who are they kidding with that ripoff price?
kontaz that's [B]MR. BROTHER KONTAZ[/B] to you
Jul 31st, 2010 (11:05 AM)
The crane in #28 is awesome.
Jul 31st, 2010 (11:21 AM)
SimPhal wants John McCain to approve this message
Aug 1st, 2010 (8:12 AM)
Can't look away from those fucking hairy legs.
Dr Benway is definitely a powerful demotivator
Aug 2nd, 2010 (8:32 PM)
That last one is pretty goddamn haunting. Fuck Kerouac and all those hipsters, this dude is/was/probably always will be the supra-epitome of beat.
/just playin jack, you know i love you ;)
This was great. I should have not been relegated to Backwash.
AAlumni said:
This was great. It should have not been relegated to Backwash.
IG88 will hunt your bounty
Aug 7th, 2010 (1:43 PM)
^ post/quote/knowswhoandhwatSpankyisanddoes fail
Aug 11th, 2010 (11:23 PM)
>some of the only color photographs
Has anyone else noticed the lack of meaning in this sentence?
I mean .. if these were the only photographs I would get it.
but saying "some of the only..." is like saying I'm one of the only people on this planet. It says nothing about how many people there are on the planet.
some of the VERY FEW color photographs...
that's better.
Nice photos, btw.
