You Should Have Seen It In Color

The photo blog from the Denver Post has up some absolutely moving pictures from the Great Depression era (H/T Daily Dish). You have to check them out. From the Denver Post blog:

These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on Americaā€™s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.
Here are three of my favorites (for full effect click to enlarge):




Which one's do you like?

The whole photo essay reminded me of that Jamey Johnson song You Should Have Seen It In Color. YouTube video:

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