WW2 original color photos

[Kermit3D]

Serving up the barbeque at the Pie Town, New Mexico, Fair
1940 Oct

 

[Chandler]

Some pictures of everyday life in the United States during the second world war :

What are the dates on these pics?

 

[Chandler]

Shootin' the wings off'a fly... with a Krag Jorgensen?

 

[Kermit3D]

Between 1941 and 1942

 

[Kermit3D]

What are the dates on these pics?

I have edited the publications to add explanations and dates.

 

[Chandler]

I have edited the publications to add explanations and dates.

I thought the Vermont State Fair images might have been pre-involvement for the US.

 

[Kermit3D]

Marine lieutenants studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.
1942 May

 

[Kermit3D]

A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama
1942 June

 

[Chandler]

Marine lieutenants studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.
1942 May

Jeeze -- and they made Burt Lancaster shave his chest for "From Here to Eternity."

 

[Kermit3D]

Employees at Mid-Continent Refinery, Tulsa, Okla.
1943

Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas
1942

Garage mechanic near Newark, N.J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation
1943 Dec.

Geologist examining cuttings from wildcat well, Amarillo, Texas
1943

Rural school children, San Augustine County, Texas
1943 April

Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn.
1942 May

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa
1943 April

 

[Chandler]

Rural school children, San Augustine County, Texas
1943 April

FWIW -- the war bonds poster is an N.C. Wyeth (father to Andrew, grandfather to Jamie) illustration. Always a favorite artist of mine -- no way to pick a favorite from his pieces.

@Kermit3D -- the clarity and detail of these images are amazing -- transports you to the time.

 

[leper-colony]

 

[fishmeok]

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I remember doing company promo shots like this back in my aircraft mechanic days. "Pretend you are fixing something!"

 

[leper-colony]

 

[Chandler]

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We need background on this! What is goin' on here? What's in the back of that Jeep?

 

[leper-colony]

We need background on this! What is goin' on here? What's in the back of that Jeep?

Beer?

I would hazzard to guess radio equipment as I think those pokie things are all antennas.

 

[leper-colony]

 

[Kermit3D]

USAAF aircraft displayed in front of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1945.

 

[Kermit3D]

Avenger & Helldiver aircraft parked on the deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12), 1945

 

[Kermit3D]