America in Color 1939
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Very interesting! Sometimes do forget life was in color back then!
Pic of the A-20 bomber could have been my father. He flew those about then as well as flew out of Langley for awhile - I'll have to check his flight logs!
Pic of the A-20 bomber could have been my father. He flew those about then as well as flew out of Langley for awhile - I'll have to check his flight logs!
Re: OT - America in Color 1939
cool pics.
thanks for posting them.
thanks for posting them.
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Another one of those instances when I think I have it bad I need to remember how it could be.
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
That was the good ole' days...lest we forget. Then again, our expectations weren't so high either.kimwcook wrote:Another one of those instances when I think I have it bad I need to remember how it could be.
Could tell that the one thing that was a constant when viewing retail establishments...there was not a shortage of beer.
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WOW
Back in the day could have been just yesterday when you put it in color.
Back in the day could have been just yesterday when you put it in color.
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Thanks for posting that link
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Thanks for that. I was just a little kid then but I remember lots of kids with no shoes and the ration stamps required to buy them, if you had the money.
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
yeah, I look back at the B&W Brownie photos of my family and I too forget life was real then. My folks would have fit right in these photos - in 1939 my mom was 5 and my dad was 10.
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Kodachrome was a revolutionary product. It was introduced in 1935, and was killed off by digital in 2009, although the orders were so strong after it was announced Kodak would no longer produce it, that it took until January 2011 to make enough to fill all orders.
There are million of rolls of Kodachrome stored in fridges and freezers around the world.
Not only were the colors brilliant, fine grained, deep and saturated, but the darn stuff does not fade over time like E-6 stuff does. Because of this great produce we can see the world since 1935 in accurate and living color. Great stuff isn't it!
There are million of rolls of Kodachrome stored in fridges and freezers around the world.
Not only were the colors brilliant, fine grained, deep and saturated, but the darn stuff does not fade over time like E-6 stuff does. Because of this great produce we can see the world since 1935 in accurate and living color. Great stuff isn't it!
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Nice pics. Very interesting to see some of those places back then.....IN COLOR.
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Great pictures about some very hard times.
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Some great selections there.
Some more really nice large format Kodachromes here: http://www.shorpy.com/image/tid/179
Cheers,
Oly
Some more really nice large format Kodachromes here: http://www.shorpy.com/image/tid/179
Cheers,
Oly
Cheers,
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That fires we don't put out will bigger burn
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
That's exactly what I kept thinking when I was looking at them!casastahle wrote:WOW
Back in the day could have been just yesterday when you put it in color.
Those are absolutely amazing pics. Thanks for sharing
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Where your at is all about where your from. The adults look a little tired but yet more alive than some folks today.
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Imagine trying to tell them they couldn't drink milk from their own cow.
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Re: OT - America in Color 1939
Outstanding. Thanks.
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So true Charles:Charles wrote:Kodachrome was a revolutionary product. It was introduced in 1935, and was killed off by digital in 2009, although the orders were so strong after it was announced Kodak would no longer produce it, that it took until January 2011 to make enough to fill all orders.
There are million of rolls of Kodachrome stored in fridges and freezers around the world.
Not only were the colors brilliant, fine grained, deep and saturated, but the darn stuff does not fade over time like E-6 stuff does. Because of this great produce we can see the world since 1935 in accurate and living color. Great stuff isn't it!
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You give us the greens of summers
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Re: America in Color 1939
My Mom & Dad 1940
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