Where were you in 1940?
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I was born right into that and really appreciate the link. As one of my old buddies used to say, "No-stalgia is good-stalgia."
I was born right into that and really appreciate the link. As one of my old buddies used to say, "No-stalgia is good-stalgia."
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Nice
Scary how "real" things look in colors compared to b&w pictures.
Nice
Scary how "real" things look in colors compared to b&w pictures.
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I have always been in awe of the B&W photographs of the era.
These are indeed wonderful and of the same quality and power of the B&W.
I had no idea color existed then.
Something about the feel of large format photographs.
It was interesting to see the DC photos - my mom used to talk about growing up in DC - around where GWU is now. Even as a teenager (in the 30s) and in the nations capital, there was no indoor plumbing. How far we have come...
I have always been in awe of the B&W photographs of the era.
These are indeed wonderful and of the same quality and power of the B&W.
I had no idea color existed then.
Something about the feel of large format photographs.
It was interesting to see the DC photos - my mom used to talk about growing up in DC - around where GWU is now. Even as a teenager (in the 30s) and in the nations capital, there was no indoor plumbing. How far we have come...
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even before my time but a pleasant diversion and many great shots in there.. I recall the old color slides, much better looking than the early color prints.
JR
even before my time but a pleasant diversion and many great shots in there.. I recall the old color slides, much better looking than the early color prints.
JR
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Wow, lots of neat photos in there. I wasn't born until the 60s but I appreciate seeing stuff like that. Played a show in Caribou, Maine last year. It still looks like those photos.
I especially liked the photo of the early P-51 Mustang fighter.
Wow, lots of neat photos in there. I wasn't born until the 60s but I appreciate seeing stuff like that. Played a show in Caribou, Maine last year. It still looks like those photos.
I especially liked the photo of the early P-51 Mustang fighter.
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I was also born in the 60's. Number 20 caught my eye. For several reasons, really. First the lack of shoes on many of the kids. Judging from the color of their feet, shoes were not a part of daily dress and often a luxury. Although probably common place, particularly at that time and place and in that era, it just seems strange to me, as I'm not even sure you would even be allowed to attend school without shoes these days! The second thing that struck me was, despite this photogragh being taken in the Southwest/New Mexico, that there's not a mexican kid in sight. Different time and place, I guess. All the photographs are beatiful. Content aside, there's just something about the format and/or processing that looks so different than today's digital pictures.
I was also born in the 60's. Number 20 caught my eye. For several reasons, really. First the lack of shoes on many of the kids. Judging from the color of their feet, shoes were not a part of daily dress and often a luxury. Although probably common place, particularly at that time and place and in that era, it just seems strange to me, as I'm not even sure you would even be allowed to attend school without shoes these days! The second thing that struck me was, despite this photogragh being taken in the Southwest/New Mexico, that there's not a mexican kid in sight. Different time and place, I guess. All the photographs are beatiful. Content aside, there's just something about the format and/or processing that looks so different than today's digital pictures.
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One word, "Kodachrome".
For over 70 years the "reality standard" in color photographic film.
One word, "Kodachrome".
For over 70 years the "reality standard" in color photographic film.
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So true even Simon and Garfinkel had to document that in song.
JR
So true even Simon and Garfinkel had to document that in song.
JR
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I was born in about ten years after 1940. I grew up in Colorado but spent a lot of my summers in New Mexico and Arizona. I think my childhood friend Rodney Martinez who has worked in radio and television about as long as I've been doing sound once said that, "Mexicans were essentially invisible in the mainstream media until 1968".
I was born in about ten years after 1940. I grew up in Colorado but spent a lot of my summers in New Mexico and Arizona. I think my childhood friend Rodney Martinez who has worked in radio and television about as long as I've been doing sound once said that, "Mexicans were essentially invisible in the mainstream media until 1968".