I love the photos of the old stores. The one with the little girl sitting outside is adorable. I’d guess her parents were inside shopping.
The chopping cotton photo lead me to some research. They are using a hoe to thin out the row. Keeping only the best plants. They come back weeks later to hoe and chop out the weeds. Lot of hard work.
There’s other great articles here about life back then. I’ll be reading for awhile. 
Btw, these are real color photos. NOT colorized B&W.
I wonder if they were using Kodachrome? Was it available then?
Whoops, yeah it was Kodachrome. It’s mentioned in the article. That’s why the colors are so rich and vibrant.
Everything looks worse in black and white.
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I love the photos of the old stores. The one with the little girl sitting outside is adorable. I’d guess her parents were inside shopping.
FSA documentary color photos featured in New Deal Photography: USA 1935-1943 from Taschen.…
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All of these photos are from the 1940s
Ace is correct!
The earliest years in the 40s actually were in the 30s, similar to the way 1901 is in the 20th century. You need to account for the earth tilting on its axis. Also explained tides. 0.9999999 = 1.
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Color photography is actually more than 100 years old.
Those photos look like they were taken today.
Something about the caption “A store with live fish for sale…” On a picture with three and a half signs proclaiming some version of live fish for sale makes the smartass in me snicker a whole bunch.
I find myself wondering if those 4 boys in the 1943 school house photo are alive. What their lives were like.
My mom is that same age and still alive.
People still chop cotton around here.
I believe that those who caption photographs become smart asses themselves.