1930s-40s in Color

Kitchen utensils hanging below a spice rack with mint, caraway, tyme, and sage jars

between 1941 and 1945.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field,
Parris Island, S.C. 1942 May.

"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair,
Rutland, 1941 Sept.

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room,
C. & N.W. R.R., Clinton, Iowa 1943 April.

Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif.
Shown checking electrical assemblies 1942 June.

Mind boggling images from The Library of Congress' photostream on Flickr. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. The Library of Congress also has a huge and free assortment of some of the earliest films ever shot in the iTunes U Store. Check out the Edison Companies section. Thanks to Karl for renewing my interest in these remarkable photographs.