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Old 08-10-2010, 05:44 PM
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I love old photos and these show the fabrics that we now call vintage.

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Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 Photos – A Denver Post News Photo Blog
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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. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included i
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These pictures are great.
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Thanks for posting this!
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This is a great collection of photographs. Thanks for sharing. Very nostalgic. Makes one think of what they went thru back then and look at us now. What a difference.
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Very nice pictures, being from New Mexico I was surprised to see so many from there. Thank you for posting the link.
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Thanks so much for posting. These photos were great!
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Originally Posted by jlong
I love old photos and these show the fabrics that we now call vintage.

http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.html
Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 Photos – A Denver Post News Photo Blog
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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. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included i

Awesome.... thanks for sharing... I loved them!
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Boy, those tug at your heart a little, don't they?
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I love those pics. Thanks for sharing.
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