Rural America 1939-1943

[lxskllr]

These people didn't have a damned thing, but their life still looks appealing for some reason...

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured...rom-1939-1943/

[myuserid]

Wow, those are great.

I especially like #2. Really great photos.

[bipolarbear1968]

Ahhh, the life before snuson.com. Back when kids actually went out to play instead of causing cyberfights on facebook.

Edit- Cigarettes/Tobacco were dirt cheap back in them day.

[Roo]

Great photos lxskllr. Thanks for sharing that. Was that tobacco in frame 21 in that small garden in NM?

[lxskllr]

Was that tobacco in frame 21 in that small garden in NM?

It sure looks like it, doesn't it? It isn't an edible that I'm aware of... Maybe a flower of some kind. Justintempler would probably be able to give a positive ID on it.

Here's some music to go with the pictures :^P

http://tess.fast-serv.com:8570/listen.pls

[tom502]

The appeal here, is these people then, lived a more natural life, that's in conflict with the "normal" modern life we have now, a life focused on artificiality, and value based on materialism. People had full lives, based around family, and nature, not ipods, computers, cable TV, video games, credit cards, and whatever else we have created to keep up separated from a natural life. They were poor, perhaps, materially, but they seem to have something most of us today don't have, and that's why we as a modern society digs it's own grave.

[lxskllr]

Well said Tom. I agree completely.

[texastorm]

I want to get into a time machine and go to to one of those juke joints... they look a little seedy and probably were a whole lot of fun!

[EricHill78]

Pictures are awesome.. Definitely a simpler time.

But for some reason I had dueling banjos playing in my mind while looking at them.

[snusgetter]

I want to get into a time machine and go to to one of those juke joints... they look a little seedy and probably were a whole lot of fun!

Seems to me there's a time travel thread around here somewhere!

[snusgetter]

Great photos lxskllr. Thanks for sharing that. Was that tobacco in frame 21 in that small garden in NM?

I remember visiting relatives in Connecticut back in the late harrumphtees who grew tobacco in good-sized plots and actually made good money from it.

I almost wanted to say that some of those photos brought back memories but I ain't that young yet!!

[c.nash]

Awesome shit.

Just looks like shit was more fun back then.

[lxskllr]

Awesome shit.

Just looks like shit was more fun back then.

I think that's accurate. People didn't have as much, so they appreciated the small pleasures more. We have everything available now, but don't enjoy it as much because it's expected.

[Darwin]

This collection contains a lot of really exquisite photography that can stand with the best ever shot. As a former pro in the field I am in awe.

[NonServiam]

The appeal here, is these people then, lived a more natural life, that's in conflict with the "normal" modern life we have now, a life focused on artificiality, and value based on materialism. People had full lives, based around family, and nature, not ipods, computers, cable TV, video games, credit cards, and whatever else we have created to keep up separated from a natural life. They were poor, perhaps, materially, but they seem to have something most of us today don't have, and that's why we as a modern society digs it's own grave.

Yes! Exactly what I was thinking. Things were just simpler then. I would have loved to have lived during these times. Of course, you know people fifty years from now will be looking back at our times and thinking things were just simpler.