These photographs taken for the US Farm Security Administration in the late 30s/early 40s are among the only color photographs taken during the Great Depression. They document the impact of the depression on small town and rural America. Each tells a story, each one a work of art.
 

 

 

 

 
The photos, 70 in all, are available for viewing at the Denver Post website. See them at Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943