{"id":4970,"date":"2023-02-01T00:20:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2023-02-02T03:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T03:29:17","slug":"colorized-photos-of-1930s-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/colorized-photos-of-1930s-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing colorized photos that bring 1930s America to life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1930s was a tumultuous period in United States history. The Great Depression left millions out of work, causing tremendous suffering throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet it could also be seen as a decade when Americans came together to lift each other in times of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a series of colorized photographs that bring back the US during the 1930s to vivid life, providing insight into how people lived during such a trying era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325294895_738405910986728_4099810899884376835_n-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325294895_738405910986728_4099810899884376835_n-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325294895_738405910986728_4099810899884376835_n-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325294895_738405910986728_4099810899884376835_n-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325294895_738405910986728_4099810899884376835_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Three unemployed men wait outside the Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Photo by Dorothea Lange. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324093634_207840908476639_2532795624663385534_n-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324093634_207840908476639_2532795624663385534_n-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324093634_207840908476639_2532795624663385534_n-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324093634_207840908476639_2532795624663385534_n-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324093634_207840908476639_2532795624663385534_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A couple and their Cadillac V-16 automobile. Harlem, New York City, 1932. Photo by James Van Der Zee. Color by retrograde_colour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/312445849_890433068553018_6986991447517242290_n-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/312445849_890433068553018_6986991447517242290_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/312445849_890433068553018_6986991447517242290_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/312445849_890433068553018_6986991447517242290_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/312445849_890433068553018_6986991447517242290_n-864x1080.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/312445849_890433068553018_6986991447517242290_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A family photographed at their home in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, July 1938. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. Color by sebcolorisation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/318932859_728743341467507_5973642261687540809_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/318932859_728743341467507_5973642261687540809_n.jpg 962w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/318932859_728743341467507_5973642261687540809_n-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/318932859_728743341467507_5973642261687540809_n-768x806.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Santa shakes hands with Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Central Park, New York City, December 1935. Color by color_byangelina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/272719718_4861291680631753_3201642602647301695_n-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/272719718_4861291680631753_3201642602647301695_n-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/272719718_4861291680631753_3201642602647301695_n-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/272719718_4861291680631753_3201642602647301695_n-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/272719718_4861291680631753_3201642602647301695_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carpenter\u2019s Drive-in Restaurant, Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1932. Color by color_byangelina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"811\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/311152145_492229632783151_3158811034632665111_n-811x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/311152145_492229632783151_3158811034632665111_n-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/311152145_492229632783151_3158811034632665111_n-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/311152145_492229632783151_3158811034632665111_n-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/311152145_492229632783151_3158811034632665111_n.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cowhands and girls, Custer National Forest, Montana, 1939. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. Color by JSK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320164207_155006927277472_910540154503938550_n-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320164207_155006927277472_910540154503938550_n-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320164207_155006927277472_910540154503938550_n-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320164207_155006927277472_910540154503938550_n-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320164207_155006927277472_910540154503938550_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Descendants of slaves of the Pettway Plantation, Gees Bend, Alabama, February 1937. Photo by Arthur Rothstein. Color by Rishi Colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/315203076_440807184901894_2116613425062545713_n-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/315203076_440807184901894_2116613425062545713_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/315203076_440807184901894_2116613425062545713_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/315203076_440807184901894_2116613425062545713_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/315203076_440807184901894_2116613425062545713_n-864x1080.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/315203076_440807184901894_2116613425062545713_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A lady with the Ford, US, 1935. Color by Rishi Colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320521605_156699297114894_3909401347539856700_n-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320521605_156699297114894_3909401347539856700_n-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320521605_156699297114894_3909401347539856700_n-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320521605_156699297114894_3909401347539856700_n-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320521605_156699297114894_3909401347539856700_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Main street, West, Texas, November 1939. Photo by Russell Lee. Color by sebcolorisation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n-1018x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n-1074x1080.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/320169846_2883776931756215_1637366403299948914_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On the road with her family one month out South Dakota, Tulelake, California, September 1939. Photo by Dorothea Lange. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/313809678_598699875359357_3510653409074264191_n-974x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/313809678_598699875359357_3510653409074264191_n-974x1024.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/313809678_598699875359357_3510653409074264191_n-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/313809678_598699875359357_3510653409074264191_n-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/313809678_598699875359357_3510653409074264191_n-1027x1080.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/313809678_598699875359357_3510653409074264191_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young packinghouse workers. Canal Point, Florida, February 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317470294_467095202177002_186733707798831375_n-841x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317470294_467095202177002_186733707798831375_n-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317470294_467095202177002_186733707798831375_n-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317470294_467095202177002_186733707798831375_n-768x935.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317470294_467095202177002_186733707798831375_n-887x1080.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317470294_467095202177002_186733707798831375_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buyers and farmers wait outside a warehouse during auction sales, Durham, North Carolina, November 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317064780_1472626879899107_8004098612373828076_n-1024x938.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317064780_1472626879899107_8004098612373828076_n-1024x938.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317064780_1472626879899107_8004098612373828076_n-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317064780_1472626879899107_8004098612373828076_n-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/317064780_1472626879899107_8004098612373828076_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Farmers wait outside a warehouse during a tobacco auction sale. Durham, North Carolina, November 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/316697860_807612373660634_5721416726903964579_n-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/316697860_807612373660634_5721416726903964579_n-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/316697860_807612373660634_5721416726903964579_n-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/316697860_807612373660634_5721416726903964579_n-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/316697860_807612373660634_5721416726903964579_n-870x1080.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/316697860_807612373660634_5721416726903964579_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LIFE magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White takes a photo from the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building, New York City, 1934. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314897241_1307324826766935_5065660853916819806_n-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314897241_1307324826766935_5065660853916819806_n-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314897241_1307324826766935_5065660853916819806_n-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314897241_1307324826766935_5065660853916819806_n-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314897241_1307324826766935_5065660853916819806_n-874x1080.jpg 874w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/314897241_1307324826766935_5065660853916819806_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York City on a rainy evening in 1939. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/307331665_1299111520940796_956867428895656035_n-1024x807.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/307331665_1299111520940796_956867428895656035_n-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/307331665_1299111520940796_956867428895656035_n-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/307331665_1299111520940796_956867428895656035_n-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/307331665_1299111520940796_956867428895656035_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunbathing, Revere Beach, USA, 1937. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/299912740_1287654692043375_2753139987528991991_n-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/299912740_1287654692043375_2753139987528991991_n-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/299912740_1287654692043375_2753139987528991991_n-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/299912740_1287654692043375_2753139987528991991_n-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/299912740_1287654692043375_2753139987528991991_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lines of cars along highway before a Duke Carolina football game, Durham, North Carolina, November 1939. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/297650448_1404831843356323_2109278181983149492_n-1-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/297650448_1404831843356323_2109278181983149492_n-1-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/297650448_1404831843356323_2109278181983149492_n-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/297650448_1404831843356323_2109278181983149492_n-1-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/297650448_1404831843356323_2109278181983149492_n-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">State capitol, Des Moines, Iowa, September 1939 Photo by Arthur Rothstein. 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Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n-660x660.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275981534_128247369771901_5016642329356329829_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MacAdams &amp; Morford Drugstore, Lexington, Kentucky, 1939. Color by sebcolorisation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275535921_1567594606955438_7613754429829733099_n-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275535921_1567594606955438_7613754429829733099_n-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275535921_1567594606955438_7613754429829733099_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275535921_1567594606955438_7613754429829733099_n-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275535921_1567594606955438_7613754429829733099_n-865x1080.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/275535921_1567594606955438_7613754429829733099_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Garment workers leave the factories for lunch, New York City, June 1936. 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