1930–1940 in color
September 21, 2009
Wow! So I made my most prized internet discovery today—completely by accident too. This is no secret stuff, it just happens to be the case that I was entirely unaware of it until now. This find confirms my belief that life in the 1930s and 40s was the most beautiful in all of history. Everything was made by professional designers. Hardly anyone was overweight. If you look at these photographs, literally everything is beautiful in my opinion. Life was full of modern convenience, but the aesthetic was still “Old World”. Everything has a naturalness which stems from a lack of plastic. I hate plastic.
Anyways, I stumbled upon the Library of Congress’ color photograph collection from the 1930s through 1940s. Mostly WPA stuff. Totally incredible! I nearly cried I wanted to live in that time so badly. You can dig and dig for hours and then do it all over again. Really really great stuff! Enjoy!