1940 Color Fedora photo!

[jbrown173]

I don't know if any of you are familiar with the 30's and 40's color photographs that were recently digitized and posted online by the Library of Congress, but they're amazing. Kodak sent it's newly perfected color film to a number of prominent photographers of the day with instructions to document the U.S. as they saw it and send the results back to Kodak. I checked them out a while ago (before I became a hat freak) and I suddenly remembered the amazing image below by Jack Delano, and thought my new fedora buddies would appreciate it:

The headlines are amazing:

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But it's really all about the hats for us, isn't it?

And let's not omit the ladies' hats:

If you've got about 7 hours you'd like to kill, you can see all the other pictures through this page:

 

[WEEGEE]

Ellipse???

jbrown173,

Thanks.

What block is on this hat it looks to be and ellipse?

 

[Solid Citizen]

Thanks for the Link

Thanks jbrown,

1. The exhibit @ Library of Congress has closed,
but this link really helps.

2. Nice to see those lads in that photo in full
felt regalia!

SC

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Wow, cool!

Seeing the past in color like that is always kind of a special treat. We sometimes tend to think everything was in black and white back then. ( Seems a lot of guys preffered gray or brown, despite having color choices.)
I'm glad that more and more color photos and films are coming out of hiding. Thanks for the link. :cheers1:

 

[Zach R.]

I think photos like this also highlight the color combinations(of shirts, shoes, jackets, overcoats, etc) these guys wore that would never be thought of today.

I'm the kind of guy that if I see a really old newspaper that someone has used for wrapping something up in the attic, I take it out and read it.

So all of this is really fascinating if you ask me, and not just on a hat perspective.:cheers1:

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Here are some more I found at a site posted here in the Lounge

earlier today.
1942
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P02692.jpg

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P02708.jpg
1942
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P02669.jpg
1945
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P02999.jpg
Love that straw hat! 1945
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03000.jpg
1942
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P02680.jpg
1941, even the bums back then dressed better than 99.9% of the people I see climbing out of Luxury SUV's LOL
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cus...20&display=thumbcap&action=browse&pnum=P02302
1939. The hat to the right reminds me of a Stratoliner
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cus...20&display=thumbcap&action=browse&pnum=P01725
1939
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cus...20&display=thumbcap&action=search&pnum=P01688
DR

 

[Aerol]

photos

Great photos. Always good to see that the past was more colorful than we remember it.

Reminds me of English shirts. Way, way more colorful than what we have here in the U.S.

 

[jbrown173]

That's a mighty weird coincidence! I was completely unaware that someone had posted on the same collection of photos just a few hours earlier!

Those are great pics, DR -- but I don't dare click over to the other related threads because I've got to get some work done. I could easily get lost for hours clicking on all those amazing images.

 

[John in Covina]

1939. The hat to the right reminds me of a Stratoliner
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cus...20&display=thumbcap&action=browse&pnum=P01725

Maybe an Open Road with a different pinch.

1939
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cus...20&display=thumbcap&action=search&pnum=P01688

The Grand Canyon scene is like: "Industrialist Views Early Work on Grand Canyon Project!"

DR

Neat color pix!

 

[Sefton]

The fellow on the left in the brown jacket and cap looks like he's wearing blue jeans. Those are wonderful pictures. It really adds a needed dimension and brings the past alive. Thanks for the link!

 

[Mr. 'H']

They're great. They really give another take on the whole thing.

I think that in general, the B&W gives a more glamorous feel to the older photos. (Or is that just my imagination?)

 

[John in Covina]

I think that in general, the B&W gives a more glamorous feel to the older photos. (Or is that just my imagination?)

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It is one of the B&W qualities that in B&W still photos and in B&W movies the lighting is able to evoke a mood much easier. It is one of the reasons Film Noir is Noir.