During this holiday week, we’d like to share some of our earlier posts from the EngAGE Blog, in case you missed seeing them. This one is from June 12, 2011.
A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, LA, July 1940. Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott
Most photographs from the ’30s and ’40s are in black and white, so when Life published a series of color photographs called “Before and After D-Day” by Frank Scherschel, it was considered quite a treasure. Take a look here.
The Library of Congress has a large collection of color photographs and transparencies (image above) from the Great Depression and World War II. They depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with a focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of WW II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working. Click here to see and help identify the locations and people!
