Incredible photo colletions from the National Archives

[f1reverb]

The shot of the Chicago sunbathers on the beach on Lake Michigan from 1925 is just one of many that I find hard to believe existed.

America in Color 1939-1943 . . .

http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.html

American cities pre-1950 . . .

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/22/from-the-archive-american-cities-pre-1950/?source=ARK_plog

The Pacific and adjacent theatres in WWII . . .

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/18/captured-blog-the-pacific-and-adjacent-theaters/1547/?source=ARK_plog

[schwarz75]

Thanks. Neat to see all those photos.

[AndyS]

Love it!

[eurotrash]

I love these. And what's amazing to me, and really puts things in perspective, is that the shot below was taken 40 years after our home in Batavia, Ohio was built. -40 years. I can't even begin to imagine all that has gone on in and around the walls of the place, as the times changed, and changed, and changed again.. simply mind boggling.