Color Photos of Daily Life in 1930s–40s America
- Constructing A Steel Mill (1942)
- Woman Aircraft Worker, Burbank, California (1942)
- Farming At A Japanese-American Internment Camp (c. 1943)
- Worker At Carbon Black Plant, Sunray, Texas (1942)
- Dr. Schreiber Giving A Typhoid Inoculation, San Augustine County, Texas (1943)
- Woman Is Working On A "Vengeance" Dive Bomber, Tennessee (1943)
- Fruit Wagon At New Mexico Fair, Pie Town, New Mexico (1940)
- Boys Fishing In A Bayou, Schriever, Louisiana (1940)
- Main Street Of Cascade, Idaho (1941)
- Instructor Explaining The Operation Of A Parachute To Students, Fort Worth, Texas (1942)
- Children On House Steps, Washington, D.C. (c. 1941)
- Children Gathering Potatoes, Caribou, Maine (1940)
- Packing Oranges At A Packing Plant, Redlands, California (1943)
- Square Dance In A Rural Home, McIntosh County, Oklahoma (c. 1939)
- Backstage At Vermont State Fair's 'Girlie Show,' Rutland, Vermont (1941)
- Boys Looking At Toy Display (c. 1941)
- Trading Mules And Horses, Campton, Kentucky (1940)
- Vermont State Fair, Rutland, Vermont (1941)

When thinking of photos from the 30s and 40s, color photos aren't usually what comes to mind. However, these vivid color images of 1930s and 1940s America capture the era in a way that isn't often seen. From rural state fairs and square dances to industrial machinery and factory workers, here are some of the fascinating historical color photos from the '30s and '40s.
Constructing A Steel Mill (1942)

Woman Aircraft Worker, Burbank, California (1942)

Farming At A Japanese-American Internment Camp (c. 1943)

Worker At Carbon Black Plant, Sunray, Texas (1942)

Dr. Schreiber Giving A Typhoid Inoculation, San Augustine County, Texas (1943)

Woman Is Working On A "Vengeance" Dive Bomber, Tennessee (1943)

Fruit Wagon At New Mexico Fair, Pie Town, New Mexico (1940)

Sailor And Girl At The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C. (1943)

Boys Fishing In A Bayou, Schriever, Louisiana (1940)

Main Street Of Cascade, Idaho (1941)

Instructor Explaining The Operation Of A Parachute To Students, Fort Worth, Texas (1942)

Children On House Steps, Washington, D.C. (c. 1941)

Children Gathering Potatoes, Caribou, Maine (1940)

Packing Oranges At A Packing Plant, Redlands, California (1943)

Square Dance In A Rural Home, McIntosh County, Oklahoma (c. 1939)

Backstage At Vermont State Fair's 'Girlie Show,' Rutland, Vermont (1941)

Boys Looking At Toy Display (c. 1941)

Trading Mules And Horses, Campton, Kentucky (1940)

Vermont State Fair, Rutland, Vermont (1941)
