Colorized Pittsburgh Steel Workers – 1930’s and 1940’s
These rare unique black and white photos depict the difficult life of steelworkers in the Pittsburgh mills just prior and during the early years of World War 2. The colorization adds a realism that is clearly etched in the faces of the men colorized for this video. With the colorized photos next to the original black and white photos you can feel a sense of increased empathy for the men who work in hot, miserable conditions. The color adds a spark of life to the photos and makes it easier for the mind to break it moorings and image these men and their lives. WATCH AT YOUTUBE
Dorothea Lange, the Dust Bowl and Migrants – 1930’s
The photographers of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s WERE charged with documenting the difficulties Americans experienced during the Depression and the Dust Bowl years and beyond. One of the premiere photographers of the Farm Security Administration is Dorothea Lange. With her camera, she travelled to every southern state, including Texas and as far west as California. Dorothea Lange produced some exceptional and unforgettable photographs. WATCH AT YOUTUBE
Rare Historic Photos Cotton Picking – 1930’s
There was the Great Depression. Then the dust storms turned parts of the country into desert. People lost their homes and their jobs. 1936, 1939 was the tail end of that misery. But the poor were worse off than they were before the banks closed. Mexicans, poor white folks and African Americans wondered across the country picking cotton, in cotton fields from Georgia to Texas to California. WATCH AT YOUTUBE
Colorized Dust Bowl Photos by Famous Photographers.
With little more than a hope, an old car and five gallons of gas people packed up their possessions and set out for a new life when the old life seemed forever dead during those Dust Bowl years. There always seemed to be the promise of a better life beyond the next hill or the hill beyond that hill. It was hope and resolve that pushed people down the highways and back roads of America and a kindness from others along the way, where kindness could be found. Entire families became migrant families working wherever they could find work. Picking cotton in the southern US or picking beans and packing peaches in California for pennies per hour. WATCH AT YOUTUBE
New York City 1940’s
Fascinating iconic and historic black and white images of people and places in New York City from the 1930s and 1940s. Some of the images taken just before and during Second World War (WWII). These are images of people just living their lives in New York City. New York city is a city that is reviled and loved at the same time by its residents and by visitors. Proof that the Big Apple has always been the Big Apple. WATCH AT YOUTUBE