Americana

[JBP55]

http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp

 

[Treadwisely]

Very cool. Thanks for the share!

 

[CEHollier]

Thank you for sharing James.

 

[Ellis1958]

I have a thing for thing for photos from the New Deal era. One look into the faces and the story is told.

Note that in the early part of the series that nobody is smiling. Nobody. Not even at the square dance. The Depression is still hanging on and the winds of war are blowing. Times are tough and it's increasingly obvious that we're about to get drawn into a war we didn't want. Not much to smile about in those days.

Item 17 shows just how hard life was. Just trying to keep food on the table and clothes on your back was an ordeal. Our homeless today in some ways have it better than our forefathers then.

Note item 20. Count the children without shoes. Shoes are expensive and wear out quickly. Don't wear them unless you have to. Sunday to church is allowed.

During the war years the sense of duty was immense. We have a job to do and we're going to do it. The Japs and Krauts want to destroy our way of life and take away our Liberty. You can sense the urgency. The photo of the B25 assembly line sent a chill up my spine. I've been in that hangar and walked the floor at the old Fairfax airport. Tis hallowed ground.

 

[paddle007]

Thanks for the link. That helps me to understand my dads mother saving every piece of twine, gift wrap, rubber band , etc. They worked incredibly hard for the possesions they had.

 

[chad]

Awesome photos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rcm192]

guess we only had 48 states in 1939, per the Flag in pic #33.

 

[Tate]

guess we only had 48 states in 1939, per the Flag in pic #33.

That would be correct.

Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959.

 

[Big H]

Thanks ---really enjoyed the pics and passed them on ---not to many left who lived thru the worst
years---should be "required viewing" for everyone else---