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Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943..
Click on: http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ Enjoy Dimitri |
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On Aug 17, 8:00*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Subject: *America in Color from 1939-1943.. > * Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...d-america-in-c... > > Enjoy > > Dimitri thanks so much for posting this website. harriet & critters |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message ... > Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > > Enjoy Incredible! What a mixture of smiles and tears those photos evoked. Thank you SO much. Felice |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message
... > Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > > Enjoy > > Dimitri This is so cool! I love old photos. Thanks, Dimitri! Jill |
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On 8/17/2010 10:00 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > > > Enjoy > > Dimitri Very nice Dimitri, many of us in the generation born just before WWII wore the same sort of clothing as those youngsters in the pictures. My mother would pick out every chicken feed sack in the same pattern at the Mercantile and make my shirts and underwear from them. My big sisters wore feed sack clothing all the way through school, including high school and there were lots of patriotic displays at schools then. Thank you so much for reminding me of a lost America. |
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Dimitri wrote: > Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > > Enjoy > > Dimitri Thanks Dmitri, The photos are fantastic, and show something of our country's gritty past at a very difficult point in history. Keith --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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Dimitri wrote:
> Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > > Enjoy > > Dimitri there's mo http://www.flickr.com/photos/library...7603671370361/ |
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On Aug 17, 11:00*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Subject: *America in Color from 1939-1943.. > * Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...d-america-in-c... > > Enjoy > > Dimitri Nice blog Dimitri!! Keep 'em coming! |
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On Aug 17, 2:56*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> On 8/17/2010 10:00 AM, Dimitri wrote: > > > Subject: *America in Color from 1939-1943.. > > Click on: > > >http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...d-america-in-c... > > > Enjoy > > > Dimitri > > Very nice Dimitri, many of us in the generation born just before WWII > wore the same sort of clothing as those youngsters in the pictures. My > mother would pick out every chicken feed sack in the same pattern at the > Mercantile and make my shirts and underwear from them. My big sisters > wore feed sack clothing all the way through school, including high > school and there were lots of patriotic displays at schools then. > > Thank you so much for reminding me of a lost America. Those print dresses were made from chicken feed sacks? I would have thought chicken feed sacks would just have the brand name, etc., on them. |
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:00:16 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote: >Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > >http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > >Enjoy > >Dimitri How cool. Found a picture (#64) of the B-25 plant where my dad worked in WWII. IIRC he installed and tested the radio systems. Ron Kelley |
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On 8/17/2010 10:00 AM, Dimitri wrote:
> Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > I did enjoy One specific thing I noticed immediately regarding the era photos when compared to today's images --- there are no obese folks or childreb in the period photos! Not surprising, eh? Sky, who has a few pounds to lose (sigh) -- Ultra Ultimate Kitchen Rule - Use the Timer! Ultimate Kitchen Rule -- Cook's Choice!! |
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"Sky" > wrote in message ... > On 8/17/2010 10:00 AM, Dimitri wrote: >> Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. >> Click on: >> >> http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ >> > > I did enjoy One specific thing I noticed immediately regarding the era > photos when compared to today's images --- there are no obese folks or > childreb in the period photos! Not surprising, eh? > > Sky, who has a few pounds to lose (sigh) Did you notice the dinner the one family was eating? Biscuits, gravy,bacon grease, canned green beans, some mystery brown stuff... |
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"news" > wrote in message
... > > > Did you notice the dinner the one family was eating? Biscuits, gravy,bacon > grease, canned green beans, some mystery brown stuff... > Is this a criticism? It was 1940. America was just coming out of a major depression. What they had on that table was a luxury. Jill |
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:59:59 -0500, Sky >
wrote: > On 8/17/2010 10:00 AM, Dimitri wrote: > > Subject: America in Color from 1939-1943.. > > Click on: > > > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/ > > > > I did enjoy One specific thing I noticed immediately regarding the > era photos when compared to today's images --- there are no obese folks > or childreb in the period photos! Not surprising, eh? > > Sky, who has a few pounds to lose (sigh) The Great Depression was a time when many were lucky just to have a little food on the table. http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...ith+clara&aq=f http://www.greatdepressioncooking.co...g/Welcome.html -- Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables. |
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On Aug 18, 8:57*am, Ranée at Arabian Knits >
wrote: > In article >, > > *Sky > wrote: > > I did enjoy *One specific thing I noticed immediately regarding the > > era photos when compared to today's images --- there are no obese folks > > or childreb in the period photos! *Not surprising, eh? > > * *And yet they weren't on low fat _or_ low carb diets. *They just > worked and went outside. *I know some of those were Depression era > photos, but not all were. > People used their legs to get places. And they didn't sit nearly as much as we do. You could still do housework or chores and enjoy your network shows on the radio; you didn't have to sit and stare at a screen. |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > "news" > wrote in message > ... >> >> >> Did you notice the dinner the one family was eating? Biscuits, >> gravy,bacon grease, canned green beans, some mystery brown stuff... >> > > Is this a criticism? No. They needed to eat that to make up for the calories they lost through back-breaking labor. |
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"Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
... > In article >, > Sky > wrote: > >> I did enjoy One specific thing I noticed immediately regarding the >> era photos when compared to today's images --- there are no obese folks >> or childreb in the period photos! Not surprising, eh? > There were lots of children in those photos. > They weren't on low fat _or_ low carb diets. They just > worked and went outside. I know some of those were Depression era > photos, but not all were. > > Regards, > Ranee @ Arabian Knits > According to my father, in 1940 people were still cooking like the stock market crashed the day before. Dad would go out and pick dandylion greens or turnip greens for his mother to cook for supper and she'd serve it with cornmeal mush. They were definitely still on a tight budget in 1940. My dad's older sister is still alive (she's 89) and she remembers those times. Things didn't turn around economically until WWII. Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > "Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message > ... >> In article >, >> Sky > wrote: >> >>> I did enjoy One specific thing I noticed immediately regarding the >>> era photos when compared to today's images --- there are no obese folks >>> or childreb in the period photos! Not surprising, eh? >> > There were lots of children in those photos. > >> They weren't on low fat _or_ low carb diets. They just >> worked and went outside. I know some of those were Depression era >> photos, but not all were. >> >> Regards, >> Ranee @ Arabian Knits >> > According to my father, in 1940 people were still cooking like the stock > market crashed the day before. Dad would go out and pick dandylion greens > or turnip greens for his mother to cook for supper and she'd serve it with > cornmeal mush. They were definitely still on a tight budget in 1940. My > dad's older sister is still alive (she's 89) and she remembers those > times. Things didn't turn around economically until WWII. > > Jill And not even during WWII, because of rationing. My mom was born in 1937, my dad in 1941, and they don't remember a lot of privation, because they had large vegetable gardens, and raised chickens. My mom has never eaten fish since because she and her cousins had to catch fish for dinner during summers in Cape May NJ...she said they weren't allowed to come home until they caught enough! Their parents remained employed during the Depression and WWII - my mom's dad was a steelworker, her mom worked in a woolen mill, and my dad's dad worked on the Pennsylvania railroad. I especially liked the shots of the railroad workers. My grandfather supported a wife, raised three kids who later went to college, bought a new car every 2 years, built a house on 20 acres in Altoona, and retired on a company pension thanks to the Pennsy. Those days are long gone! |
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"dejablues" > wrote in message
... > > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message >> ... >>> They weren't on low fat _or_ low carb diets. They just >>> worked and went outside. I know some of those were Depression era >>> photos, but not all were. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ranee @ Arabian Knits >>> >> According to my father, in 1940 people were still cooking like the stock >> market crashed the day before. Dad would go out and pick dandylion >> greens or turnip greens for his mother to cook for supper and she'd serve >> it with cornmeal mush. They were definitely still on a tight budget in >> 1940. My dad's older sister is still alive (she's 89) and she remembers >> those times. Things didn't turn around economically until WWII. >> >> Jill > > And not even during WWII, because of rationing. Good point. My mother told me about using "leg makeup" because they couldn't get nylons (stockings) and using an eyebrow pencil to draw a line up the back of their legs Silk and nylon was being used to make parachutes. > My mom was born in 1937, my dad in 1941, and they don't remember a lot of > privation, because they had large vegetable gardens, and raised chickens. > My mom has never eaten fish since because she and her cousins had to catch > fish for dinner during summers in Cape May NJ...she said they weren't > allowed to come home until they caught enough! Your mother and my father would have gotten along fabulously! He'd have eaten her fish, she could have eaten the greens Dad never would eat greens (of any kind) because he said it reminded him of being "poor". Too bad, he missed out on some delicious cream of spinach soup, spinach souffle, etc. And I love turnip greens served with a splash of vinegar. I can't say I've ever eaten dandylion greens. > Their parents remained employed during the Depression and WWII - my mom's > dad was a steelworker, her mom worked in a woolen mill, and my dad's dad > worked on the Pennsylvania railroad. I especially liked the shots of the > railroad workers. My grandfather supported a wife, raised three kids who > later went to college, bought a new car every 2 years, built a house on 20 > acres in Altoona, and retired on a company pension thanks to the Pennsy. > Those days are long gone! Both of my grandfathers worked in the steel mills in Ohio. (Of course the mills are long since shut down.) I still remember seeing the glow in the sky when they were smelting the steel at night. Jill |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
... > "news" > wrote in message > ... >> >> >> Did you notice the dinner the one family was eating? Biscuits, >> gravy,bacon grease, canned green beans, some mystery brown stuff... >> > > Is this a criticism? It was 1940. America was just coming out of a major > depression. What they had on that table was a luxury. I just got around to looking at that link, and the photos are true treasures. It reminds me that I have 100s of old slides my dad took. I had bought him one of those converter things to digitize them. I have it now, and have to get to work on it! |
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On Aug 17, 4:56*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> On 8/17/2010 10:00 AM, Dimitri wrote: > > > Subject: *America in Color from 1939-1943.. > > Click on: > > >http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...d-america-in-c... > > > Enjoy > > > Dimitri > > Very nice Dimitri, many of us in the generation born just before WWII > wore the same sort of clothing as those youngsters in the pictures. My > mother would pick out every chicken feed sack in the same pattern at the > Mercantile and make my shirts and underwear from them. My big sisters > wore feed sack clothing all the way through school, including high > school and there were lots of patriotic displays at schools then. > > Thank you so much for reminding me of a lost America. I always got to go along and pick out the feed sacks I wanted for my dresses..... N. |
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On Aug 17, 10:00*am, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Subject: *America in Color from 1939-1943.. > * Click on: > > http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...d-america-in-c... > > Enjoy > > Dimitri I didn't see any obese children in any of these pics.....hard to imagine how a picture of today's kids in a group picture would compare. And were there any real obese adults? .... Hard times were good for the figure. N. |
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> I didn't see any obese children in any of these pics.....hard to > imagine how a picture of today's kids in a group picture would > compare. And were there any real obese adults? .... Hard times were > good for the figure. True, but look at picture number 12. That is one strange looking group of girls. Most of them had the good sense not to face the camera, but the one who is facing the camera is one weird looking little girl. .. |
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On Aug 24, 3:38*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote: > > I didn't see any obese children in any of these pics.....hard to > > imagine how a picture of today's kids in a group picture would > > compare. * And were there any real obese adults? .... Hard times were > > good for the figure. > > True, but look at picture number 12. That is one strange looking group > of girls. *Most of them had the good sense not to face the camera, but > the one who is facing the camera is one weird looking little girl. > . Too grownup makeup and hair - with today's styles, they'd be unremarkable. Even today, not every child is a beauty queen or king. N. |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
.com... > Nancy2 wrote: > >> I didn't see any obese children in any of these pics.....hard to >> imagine how a picture of today's kids in a group picture would >> compare. And were there any real obese adults? .... Hard times were >> good for the figure. > > True, but look at picture number 12. That is one strange looking group of > girls. Most of them had the good sense not to face the camera, but the > one who is facing the camera is one weird looking little girl. > . We've come a long way in cosmetics, moisturizers, and braces. Not to mention the hair products to calm down frizzy hair. I can remember in the 70s the only way I could get curly hair was to roll my wet hair with cans or rags. And for bangs, you really could only tape your wet hair to your forehead until it dried. |
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> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message > .com... >> Nancy2 wrote: >> >>> I didn't see any obese children in any of these pics.....hard to >>> imagine how a picture of today's kids in a group picture would >>> compare. And were there any real obese adults? .... Hard times were >>> good for the figure. >> >> True, but look at picture number 12. That is one strange looking group >> of girls. Most of them had the good sense not to face the camera, but >> the one who is facing the camera is one weird looking little girl. >> . It was the Depression! No money for "enough" food to become obese. No money for orthodontia. Flour-sack dresses, everything homemade including haircuts (Photo #16.) Those were amazing photos. gloria p |
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gloria.p wrote:
>>> True, but look at picture number 12. That is one strange looking >>> group of girls. Most of them had the good sense not to face the >>> camera, but the one who is facing the camera is one weird looking >>> little girl. >>> . > > > It was the Depression! No money for "enough" food to become obese. > No money for orthodontia. Flour-sack dresses, everything homemade > including haircuts (Photo #16.) Depression?? Maybe I have my dates wrong but the pictures were taken 1939-43 and as I recall, the Great Depression started 10 years early and ended by 1939. It's true that there might not have been money for enough food, but it is curious that these days you will find higher rates of obesity among the poor. > Those were amazing photos. They were indeed. It is a bonus that they are in high quality colour. So many many pictures of that era were in sepia or black and white and people get the impression that there were not bright colours back then like their are now. |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message om... > gloria.p wrote: > >>>> True, but look at picture number 12. That is one strange looking group >>>> of girls. Most of them had the good sense not to face the camera, but >>>> the one who is facing the camera is one weird looking little girl. >>>> . >> >> >> It was the Depression! No money for "enough" food to become obese. >> No money for orthodontia. Flour-sack dresses, everything homemade >> including haircuts (Photo #16.) > > > Depression?? Maybe I have my dates wrong but the pictures were taken > 1939-43 and as I recall, the Great Depression started 10 years early and > ended by 1939. It's true that there might not have been money for enough > food, but it is curious that these days you will find higher rates of > obesity among the poor. > >> Those were amazing photos. > > They were indeed. It is a bonus that they are in high quality colour. So > many many pictures of that era were in sepia or black and white and people > get the impression that there were not bright colours back then like their > are now. Well it isn't my heritage but I loved the photos -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ |
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