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 America’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.
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Enjoy!!
Bill,
Those photos are great.
Alan Graziano
Thank you. This is a good cross section of RR and regular life 70+ years ago. Excellent store fronts and life scenes. Short difficult lives for lots of people. I like this because it doesn't display "movie" images. We rarely see what life was actually like instead of the difficult reality of what "normal" really was like.
Bill,
Loved those photos.
Tney are gold.
Eliot
Bill....love the photos! There are some great scenes in those pictures that are good candidates for modeling on our layouts.
Alan
Alan
Thank you. I will have to study them a little more and see if they may influence me on another project 
Great photos.
Wow, what a trip to the past..........
Just the period I model!.....too bad that first gentleman was not holding a pitchfork
in his hand...
Wood thank you very much.
Eliot and Alan thank you, I see a lot of ideas in the pictures also. The pictures also gives me a chance to reflect on how good we have it compared to what was.
Pops,
Truely wonderful pictures, thank you for sharing!
Cesar
Cesar your layout has come a LONGGGGGG WAYS since I first saw it. You reallu have done a lot of GREAT WORK and Lots and Lots of details. I bet as time goes by your laser will be a great help to you in your details. Bill
Just the period I model!.....too bad that first gentleman was not holding a pitchfork
in his hand...
LOL LOL RAILS I thought of that lzo when I first saw this ficture. 
Pete I gpt them in an e mail and thought they were a wonderful window into the past history of our country. Thank you for the link.
Most of the train photos were taken by Frank Delano if you want to narrow the search, but they are all wonderful. A tribute to the photographers and Kodak's Kodachrome film.
Here is one that caught my eye. The engine may be familiar.
Pete
Pete thanks again, another great picture. Thanks for sharing.
Our reference guide to these types of photos is linked below... bookmark this one as you'll never get through it in one sitting... Art
Those are really interesting photos. Thank you for sharing.
I read about a similar project of photos from the 1970s that is currently on display somewhere in Washington DC that really captures that decade.
Question for you.....is that Pabst Blue Ribbon sign as big as it looks or does the camera angle create an optical illusion?
Bill,
Thanks for showing these photos to us...these are awesome and very inspiring.
Roger thank you. When I first saw them I thought it would be nice to post them. Thanks agai.
Our reference guide to these types of photos is linked below... bookmark this one as you'll never get through it in one sitting... Art
Art thanks for the link.
Those are really interesting photos. Thank you for sharing.
I read about a similar project of photos from the 1970s that is currently on display somewhere in Washington DC that really captures that decade.
Question for you.....is that Pabst Blue Ribbon sign as big as it looks or does the camera angle create an optical illusion?
Santa Fe VA, i AM GOING TO POST AN ENLARGED PICTURE OF THE Rail yard and the PBR sign. To me it looks like a low traffic bridge crosses the rail yard and the PBR sign looks to be supported off this bridge structure. If you look at the tops of the box cars it looks like the bridge is 3 boxcars+a little away from the camara. So the PBR sign is in the near ground but is a big sign. Miller Eng sells a lighted model of this sign and is really a cool sign.
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