Bound for Glory: America in Color

It could be a scene from Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer, but the image on the left is from an online exhibition on the American Library of Congress site called Bound for Glory: America in Color.

It is the first major exhibition of the little known color images taken by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI).

Comprised of seventy digital prints made from color transparencies taken between 1939 and 1943 (the photographers took over 172,000 shots), this exhibition reveals a surprisingly vibrant world that has typically been viewed only through black-and-white images.

These vivid scenes and portraits capture the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small town populations, the nation's subsequent economic recovery and industrial growth, and the country's great mobilization for World War II.

Highly recommended.

Take a look at Bound for Glory: America in Color.

Image Details
Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott.
Subject: Boys fishing in a bayou.
Location: Schriever, Louisiana, June 1940.

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