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This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber at Long Beach in California. Alfred T Palmer
In Pictures
In colour: America through World War II
Amazing colour photos from the 1930s and 1940s.
THE US LIBRARY of Congress archives are full of photographic gems that are continually being categorised and archived.
Recently, it published a set of over 1,600 images from America during the Great Depression and World War II. Images from that time have previously been seen most commonly in black and white but here they are produced in full, vivid colour.
The photos were all taken between 1939 and 1944 and some come with original captions from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information.
Women working in factories during World War II are featured, as are topless marines and uniformed soldiers.
October 1942
October 1942
June 1942
Between 1941 and 1945
August 1944
Between 41 and 45
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
December 1940
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
October 1942
March 1943
Between 1941 and 1945
May 1943
1941 to 1945
October 1942
Between 1941 and 1945
October 1942
October 1942
October 1940
October 1942
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
October 1942
May 1942
Between 1941 and 1945
Between 1941 and 1945
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