The Atlantic: World War II: The American Home Front in Color (awesome pics)

[#98QBKiller]

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/world-war-ii-the-american-home-front-in-color/100122/

World War II: The American Home Front in Color

erican Home Front in Color

In 1942, soon after the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Office of War Information (OWI). The new agency was tasked with releasing war news, promoting patriotic activities, and providing news outlets with audio, film, and photos of the government's war efforts. Between 1939 and 1944, the OWI and the Farm Security Administration made thousands of photographs, approximately 1,600 of them in color. OWI photographers Alfred Palmer and Howard Hollem produced some exceptional Kodachrome transparencies in the early war years depicting military preparedness, factory operations, and women in the work force. While most of the scenes were posed, the subjects were the real thing -- soldiers and workers preparing for a long fight. Gathered here are some of these color images from Palmer and Hollem, complete with original captions from 1942. Also, be sure to see archival movies in our new Video Channel. All of the FSA/OWI photos are available from the Library of Congress. (This entry is Part 8 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II) [45 photos]

[Blackest Eyes]

Awesome pictures. I wish this country could pull together through all the stuff going on right now like it did in WWII.

[PCS]

Okay. Well. Holy **** that was awesome.

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Wow, thanks QBK!

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

There's a whole 20-part series of photographs in this. They release a new part every week. I've been keeping up with it since the beginning. Great, GREAT images. They're not even halfway done with it yet:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html

[#98QBKiller]

There's a whole 20-part series of photographs in this. They release a new part every week. I've been keeping up with it since the beginning. Great, GREAT images. They're not even halfway done with it yet:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html

Awesome news!!

[dwbiggs]

Go here and you can see these photos and a lot more.

http://www.shorpy.com/world-war-2-photos-wwii

[thebluefood]

Those pictures are absolutely stunning.

[Dan T.]

In the crowd shot I see John Lithgow in white shirt and tie.

[Bibby]

Damn that guy in the factory is a white laron landry! what a beast. These are awesome pictures.