chaosmachine Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I found this by accident: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=142692 I'll just post a few here. The whole collection is just amazing. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures WATMM Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehauntingsoul Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 wow that's some trippy shit. For some reason its nearly impossible for me to visualize that era of time in colour. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide thehauntingsoul's signature Hide all signatures Last.fm SteamID: Thehauntingsoul My EP Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Those shots of Chicago are especially awesome. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 They are amazingly clear, and still contain that authentic atmosphere about them, incredible, thanks for this. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Hounos Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Great find, reminds me of this famous TVA photo: Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 awesome. i am a history buff and i fucking love this shit. thank you. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide essines's signature Hide all signatures On 8/19/2011 at 11:51 PM, Luke Fucking Hazard said: Essines has, and always will remind me of MacReady. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 cool shit. remind me of prokudin-gorsky, a man truly ahead of his time. Monastery of St. Nilus on Stolbny Island in Lake Seliger near Ostashkov, (1910!) a prison in Uzbekistan (1907) Kama river near Perm (1910) My personal fav: Alim Khan (1880–1944), emir of Bukhara Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dr lopez's signature Hide all signatures On 11/24/2015 at 12:29 PM, Salvatorin said: I feel there is a baobab tree growing out of my head, its leaves stretch up to the heavens Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thanksomuch Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 On 10/1/2009 at 6:17 AM, dr lopez said: thom yorke has rly let himself go. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 whered you get those? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide essines's signature Hide all signatures On 8/19/2011 at 11:51 PM, Luke Fucking Hazard said: Essines has, and always will remind me of MacReady. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 1910? thats fucking astounding. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) On 10/1/2009 at 6:23 AM, essines said: whered you get those? those ones are on wikipedia but there are 3000+ medium ones of his here: http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0 Edited October 1, 2009 by dr lopez Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dr lopez's signature Hide all signatures On 11/24/2015 at 12:29 PM, Salvatorin said: I feel there is a baobab tree growing out of my head, its leaves stretch up to the heavens Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thanksomuch Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 this is very sad and nerdy of me to say but all of these photos remind me of Fall Out >.> Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Here are thousands more from the collection I posted: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/browse/yearBrowse.jsp Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures WATMM Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 On 10/1/2009 at 6:35 AM, thanksomuch said: this is very sad and nerdy of me to say but all of these photos remind me of Fall Out >.> Not at all, the bridge picture definetly reminded me of fallout 3. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) On 10/1/2009 at 6:42 AM, chaosmachine said: Here are thousands more from the collection I posted: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/browse/yearBrowse.jsp These are amazing...happened to be looking at them when Dupe's Vistareel came up on my mp3 player, truly eerie experience. Many of these are so proto-BoC: Edited October 1, 2009 by lumpenprol Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lumpenprol's signature Hide all signatures After this I listened to geogaddi and I didn't like it, I was quite vomitting at some tracks, I realized they were too crazy for my ears, they took too much acid to play music I stupidly thought (cliché of psyché music) But I knew this album was a kind of big forest where I just wasn't able to go inside. - lost cloud I was in US tjis summer, and eat in KFC. FUCK That's the worst thing i've ever eaten. The flesh simply doesn't cleave to the bones. Battery ferming. And then, foie gras is banned from NY state, because it's considered as ill-treat. IT'S NOT. KFC is tourist ill-treat. YOU POISONERS! Two hours after being to KFC, i stopped in a amsih little town barf all that KFC shit out. Nice work! So i hope this woman is not like kfc chicken, otherwise she'll be pulled to pieces. -organized confused project Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abusivegeorge Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 this is fucking stunning Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) Quote Charles Weever Cushman, amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, bequeathed approximately 14,500 Kodachrome color slides to his alma mater. The photographs in this collection bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries. damn... (1941) Edited October 1, 2009 by Bubba69 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Bubba69's signature Hide all signatures https://intervallux.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 is everybody ready to see some stunning color photography of Adolf Hitler and the SS ? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chax Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 these are fantastic! lots of inspiration here Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) i won't wait for the answer the rest are here - http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=151191 this is only 1/20th of them Edited October 1, 2009 by Awepittance Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 that's nothing, i've seen color video of him in his bunker right before he died. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide lumpenprol's signature Hide all signatures After this I listened to geogaddi and I didn't like it, I was quite vomitting at some tracks, I realized they were too crazy for my ears, they took too much acid to play music I stupidly thought (cliché of psyché music) But I knew this album was a kind of big forest where I just wasn't able to go inside. - lost cloud I was in US tjis summer, and eat in KFC. FUCK That's the worst thing i've ever eaten. The flesh simply doesn't cleave to the bones. Battery ferming. And then, foie gras is banned from NY state, because it's considered as ill-treat. IT'S NOT. KFC is tourist ill-treat. YOU POISONERS! Two hours after being to KFC, i stopped in a amsih little town barf all that KFC shit out. Nice work! So i hope this woman is not like kfc chicken, otherwise she'll be pulled to pieces. -organized confused project Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 just after they cancelled his xbox account? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 http://www.shorpy.com/node Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 sweet pics! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide keltoi's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thank you for posting these! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Silent Member's signature Hide all signatures Some songs I made with my fingers and electronics. In the process of making some more. Hopefully. Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/49398-incredible-color-photos-from-1940s-america/#findComment-1133690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts