I enjoyed those. thanks

 

Very cool, thanks for posting.

 

Great pics. Amazing clarity. I didn't know cameras took a picture that clear back then.

Interesting caption from the last photo. The one of the homesteaders.

September 1940. Jack Whinery, Pie Town, New Mexico, homesteader, with his wife and the youngest of his five children in their dirt-floor dugout home. Whinery homesteaded with no cash less than a year ago and does not have much equipment; consequently he and his family farm the slow, hard way, by hand. Main window of their dugout was made from the windshield of the worn-out car which brought this family to Pie Town from West Texas

 

Outstanding color and clarity. Somebody cared for these transparencies really well. Shows what the times really looked like, not the faded, washed-out colors we're used to seeing in pictures of the '40s.

 

I think I may try to print some of these and frame them.
Thank you for sharing. Amazing stuff from our history.

 

These are all from the Shorpy.com site and are only a fraction of the collection there.

 

thats right....here's the link

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

 

wow.... just wow. No idea they had clarity of photos like that in the 40's!

 

Man that's insane! That doesn't even look like it was the 40's!

lol

 

Makes me wonder whats on the 50 or so rolls of undeveloped film I have from the 40s-60s. Here is one my grandfather took in DC

 

From what I understand, film doesn last forever. You should check on a photography forum if anyone could help you with them.

 

wow, just wow!

 

those were great! thanks for sharing them here. America was so awesome!

 

Thank you, very good images.

 

 

Great pics, thanks for posting
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Bump!:thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

great pics, probably either a 2x2 or 4x5 negative judging from the clarity.
Bigger the negative better the pic.

Now that being siad, had OSHA existed then.....look at all the meddiling and safety violatins they could have issued for.

No eye protection, hearing protection, minimal gloves, loose clothing, lower back support , non slip shoes, no safety switches on the equipment...........Yet without OSHA and a whole slew of federal agencies we went out and kicked tojos ass.....

 

Wow thanks. My father briefly worked at Vultee in Nashville.

 

There's a link to another site that's chocked full of old photos:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4320

http://www.shorpy.com/image/tid/179