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Thread ID: 119740 2011-08-07 22:47:00 An America You Could Look Up To zqwerty (97) PC World Chat
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1221461 2011-08-07 22:47:00 World War II: The American Home Front in Color:

www.theatlantic.com
zqwerty (97)
1221462 2011-08-07 23:00:00 An England You Could Look Up To:

www.theatlantic.com
zqwerty (97)
1221463 2011-08-07 23:07:00 I think these were involved too...............

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Cicero (40)
1221464 2011-08-07 23:09:00 The battle of Britain raged over my house, both my parents remember watching it happen first hand, in colour and even in 3D gary67 (56)
1221465 2011-08-07 23:30:00 Cool except pic 37 not electrical drill but air drill prefect (6291)
1221466 2011-08-07 23:36:00 Both very interesting indeed. Thanks zqwerty.

I am always very impressed by the quality of the photographs taken in those years. It is always excellent. Makes you wonder why some of the media portray photographs of that time in poor quality when, as you can see, the quality is almost as good as today.

I'm certain that the high quality had a lot to do with the large glass plates that they used. These plates captured a lot of information which made for a great photograph.
Roscoe (6288)
1221467 2011-08-08 02:43:00 Thanks, zwerty. I'm a baby boomer so the pics are before my time, but always good to have a reminder of the reality of the times. I can't help but comment though, some of the American images seem very posed, and the women seem like models. WalOne (4202)
1221468 2011-08-08 03:13:00 Thanks, zwerty. I'm a baby boomer so the pics are before my time, but always good to have a reminder of the reality of the times. I can't help but comment though, some of the American images seem very posed, and the women seem like models.

And one of the men appears in more than one picture, same clothes but one with glasses and one without
gary67 (56)
1221469 2011-08-08 09:03:00 Both very interesting indeed. Thanks zqwerty.

I am always very impressed by the quality of the photographs taken in those years. It is always excellent. Makes you wonder why some of the media portray photographs of that time in poor quality when, as you can see, the quality is almost as good as today.

I'm certain that the high quality had a lot to do with the large glass plates that they used. These plates captured a lot of information which made for a great photograph.

The article says Kodachrome transparencies. More info. here www.historicphotoarchive.com
Doesn't say if transparencies were produced in any format other than 35mm.
martynz (5445)
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