A Trip Back in Time Courtesy of Color Photographs

We've all seen photographs from way back when. Most of them are in black and white. While we certainly appreciate the window into the past it was only a glancing look because because we are only allowed to see the past through limited shades of gray. Since the 1860s photographers were looking for ways to color their prints. No image could compare to the human eye. Around the 1930s color photography began to really take off. I found an article that brings us depression era (1940s) photographs in full color. Look at each picture in full color and get what amounts to a window taking you back 70 years ago. I look at these people and feel as if I could reach out and touch them. Put yourself in these photographs. Could you live in these times without internet, modern comforts, having to get up early and work late for your supper with little respite? In reality you'd have no choice. Click here for the full article with captions for these photographs.