Color photographs from the 1930s and 1940s. They started as an experiment with color film. Kodak was just putting its color film on the market. Sent it out to photographers at institutions to give it a try, to see if they could create a market for it. The pictures were free. So they were appealing to newspapers, magazines, publishing agencies, book publishers. That kind of thing. I was familiar already with the black and white photographs. There are about 171,000 Farm Security administration and office of war information blackandwhite photographs. And i had been working with those for a few years. There was not much emphasis placed on the color transparencies, because they were hard to handle. They were unique items. Theres only one of each. At the time, in the 1970s, it was really difficult to make a copy. It was very expensive to make a photograph. You had to make another print from the color transparency. People did not want to pay that extra money. So, these just sat on a shelf for
The library has a collection of color photographs from the 1930s and 1940s. They started as an experiment with color film. Kodak was just putting its color film on the market. Sent it out to photographers at institutions to give it a try, to see if they could create a market for it. The pictures were free. So they were appealing to newspapers, magazines, publishing agencies, book publishers. That kind of thing. I was familiar already with the black and white photographs. There are about 171,000 Farm Security administration and office of war information blackandwhite photographs. And i had been working with those for a few years. There was not much emphasis placed on the color transparencies, because they were hard to handle. They were unique items. Theres only one of each. At the time, in the 1970s, it was really difficult to make a copy. It was very expensive to make a photograph. You had to make another print from the color transparency. People did not want to pay that extra money. S
American artifacts, Beverly Brannan tells the stories about the collection and photographers. Beverly we are in the center vault of the prints and photographs division of the library of congress. The library has a collection of color photographs from the 1930s and 1940s. They started as an experiment with color film. Kodak was just putting its color film in the market. Sent it out to photographers at institutions to give it a try, to see if they could create a market for it. The pictures were free. So they were appealing to newspapers, magazines, publishing agencies, book publishers. I was familiar already with the black and white photographs. There are about 171,000 Farm Security administration and office of war information blackandwhite photographs. And i had been working with those for a few years. There was not much emphasis placed on the color transparencies, because they were hard to handle. They were unique items. Only one of each. At the time, in the 1970s, it was really diffic
Chrome film. The library of congress curator tells a story about this collection and the photographers. But we are in the center vault of the prints and photographs division of the library of congress. The library has a collection of color photographs from the 1930s and 40s. It started as an experiment with color film. Kodak was just putting its color film on the market and sent it out to photographers and institutions to give it a try to see if they could create a market for it. The pictures were free so they were appealing to the newspapers magazines and publishing agencies, book brochures on that kind of thing. I was fill your with the black and white photographs. About 171,000. Black and white photograph. I have been working with those for a few years. There was not much emphasis placed because they were hard to handle. They were unique items. Theres only one of each at the time in the 1970s. It was difficult to make a copy. Very expensive to make a photograph. You do make another
World war ii, photographers working for the u. S. Government were signed to travel the United States and document living and working conditions and later war protection production efforts. In 1939, the photographers began using kodachrome color film. In this second of a two part american artifacts, Beverly Brannan tells the stories about the collection and photographers. Beverly we are in the center andt of the prints photographs division of the library of congress. The library has a collection of color photographs from the 1930s and 1940s. They started as an experiment with color film. Kodak was just putting its color film in the market. Sent it out to photographers at institutions to give it a try, to see if they could create a market for it. The pictures were free. So they were appealing to newspapers, magazines, publishing agencies, book publishers. I was familiar already with the black and white photographs. Farm are about 171,000 Security Administration and office of war informat