The picture above may not look like much. Just a couple of people none too fashionable, but like folk. Color photography has an immediacy that makes the images and people look less archival, less historical. Which is one of the most appealing aspects of Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943, from the The Library of Congress.
The following images were all found at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration website, using their ARC Records Search Engine. They look like old pictures and I love them for that.
"'Come on in...the snow's fine', girls of the NYA Federal Residence School take time out for a sun bath and to have their pictures taken, ca. 1936" Love the girl with the snowball.
"A top-notch mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley expertly rebuilds airplane engines. Although she is only twenty years old she has a private pilot's license and has made several cross-country flights., 08/1942"
"Training in marksmanship helps girls at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Calif., develop into responsible women. Part of Victory Corps activities there, rifle practice encourages girls to be accurate in handling firearms., 08/1942"
John Tucker Must Die, circa 1942
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