Flickr logo. If you click it, you'll go home
Sign Up
Explore
Recent Photos
The Commons
Getty Collection
Galleries
World Map
App Garden
Camera Finder
Flickr Blog
Upload
Sign In
1930s-40s in Color
The Library of Congress
These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration...
1,615
Photos
3,289,747
Views
View all sets
Photos
Map
Drag to Set Position
Cancel
Save
Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Tennessee (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
77
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
44
Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in p
The Library of Congress
99+
17
Shepherd with his horse and dog on Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
60
Parris Island, S.C., barrage balloon (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
33
House, Houston, Texas (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
81
Southeastern Georgia? (LOC)
The Library of Congress
60
6
Typical southeastern Georgia farm with newly harvested field of oats (LOC)
The Library of Congress
27
2
Southern U.S. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
30
9
Typical southeastern Georgia farm with newly harvested field of oats (LOC)
The Library of Congress
34
7
Georgia oat field? Southern U.S. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
12
Harvesting oats, southeastern Georgia? (LOC)
The Library of Congress
34
9
Cabin in southern U.S. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
77
5
Cabin in Southern U.S. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
13
Cabin in Southern U.S. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
48
3
House in southern U.S. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
13
4
Spreading fertilizer from 4-mule team wagon, Georgia (LOC)
The Library of Congress
53
1
Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
22
Factory buildings in Lowell, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
37
17
Brockton, Mass., Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
16
Headlines posted in street-corner window of newspaper off[ice] (Brockton Enterprise) ... Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
12
Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
19
Detail of industrial building in Massachusetts (LOC)
The Library of Congress
41
2
[Sylvia Sweets Tea Room, corner of School and Main streets, Brockton, Mass.] (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
31
Lowell, Mass., street (LOC)
The Library of Congress
69
9
Railroad cars and factory buildings in Lawrence, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
65
11
Detail of industrial building in Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
29
1
Street scene, [Mystic, Connecticut] (LOC)
The Library of Congress
49
6
[Children with adult in the tenement district, Brockton, Massachusetts] (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
10
[Douglas Shoe Factory, Spark St., Brockton, Mass.] (LOC)
The Library of Congress
34
7
[Train and several sets of railroad tracks in the snow, Massachusetts] (LOC)
The Library of Congress
85
6
Massachusetts farm, possibly around Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
29
3
Skating, vicinity of Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
16
Near the waterfront, New Bedford, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
53
2
Street corner, Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
16
Industrial area in Massachusetts, possibly around New Bedford (LOC)
The Library of Congress
22
0
Industrial town in Massachusetts, possibly New Bedford (LOC)
The Library of Congress
27
0
Skating, vicinity of Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
54
8
Men and a woman reading headlines posted in street-corner window of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office on Christmas Eve, Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
89
17
Skating, vicinity of Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
23
2
Men reading headlines posted in street-corner of Brockton Enterprise newspaper office, Brockton, Mass. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
56
6
Connecticut town, probably Stonington, on the sea. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
40
3
Burning the autumn leaves in Norwich, Connecticut (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
13
A view of the old sea town, Stonington, Conn. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
90
8
Connecticut town, probably Stonington, on the sea (LOC)
The Library of Congress
34
3
Cheesecloth covering used in growing shade grown tobacco; the stalks lying on the ground are left after the tobacco is cut; Suffield, Conn. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
16
2
Connecticut town on the sea, probably Stonington (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
9
A square with old houses in an old fishing village, Stonington, Conn. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
71
3
Farm auction, Derby, Conn. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
62
11
Farm auction, Derby, Conn. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
25
1
Farm auction, Derby, Conn. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
43
3
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
62
3
Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
53
3
Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
87
2
View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
74
1
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
7
Side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
81
6
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
70
3
"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
24
Poster for a side show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
99+
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
10
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland, "backstage" at the "girlie" show (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
7
Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
9
On the ferris wheel at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
6
Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
21
0
"Backstage" at the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
73
At the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
99+
13
Barker at the grounds of the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
35
2
Side shows at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)
The Library of Congress
39
0
A horse-drawn digger in operation on a (potato) farm run by a French-Canadian, Caribou, Aroostook county, Me. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
12
2
Potato farms in Aroostook County, Me. (LOC)
The Library of Congress
12
4
Farms in the Aroostook County, Me., Oct. 1940 : potatoes (LOC)
The Library of Congress
7
2
Square
Small
Medium
Large
Justified
◣
← prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
...
22
23
next →
(1,615 items)
Grab the link
Here's a link to this set. Just copy and paste!
show short URL
About Flickr
Who we are
Take the tour
Flickr blog
Jobs
Community
Community Guidelines
Report abuse
Help
Need help? Start here!
Help forum
FAQs
About Our Ads
Apps and the API
Flickr for mobile
App Garden
API documentation
Developer blog
Developer Guide
Follow us
Like us
繁體中文
Deutsch
English
Español
Français
한글
Italiano
Português
Tiếng Việt
Bahasa Indonesia
Terms of Use
|
Your privacy
|
Yahoo! Safely
|
Copyright/IP Policy
Copyright © 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
