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
1926. 26 . How old are you . I will be 91 this friday. Be 91. Look too young to what is the secret . George my wife. She kept me. How long have you been married to her . Onrge it will be 66 years june 17. Years, wherer 66 were you born . Born in the state of washington in 1926. Tell me about your family, when you were growing up. George my dad worked for the railroad and we originally came from North Carolina so i grew up in North Carolina. I have been in two states mostly. How many schools have you went to . Bonlee high school beard high school. Bonlee high school . Washington . Of george it was in North Carolina. When did you graduate . George in 1945. Since 1926, you went through the Great Depression . George you were four years old yes. You were four years old when the Great Depression happened. How was it . George my great grand father got laid off by it. I got to know him as a kid. We lived on a farm in north acres, about 90 acres of farmland. It must have been hard. George oh ye
Six 26 . Well so hole old are you . 91 . 91. You look too young to be. 90 whats the secret . A good wife. I have a Good Relationship with their. That helped tremendously. Well. How long have you been married to her . 66 years on june the 15th. Endangered species. Married for 66 years. Where were you born . State of washington in 1926 and tell me about your family when you are going out well my dad worked for the railroad. I grew up in North Carolina so ive been into states mostly. Fondly. Its been torn down. Where . State of washington. When did you graduate . 1945. So since you were born in 1926, he went through this Great Depression. You were 46 when the Great Depression occurred. My father was working in the railroad, we lived on a farm in North Carolina. 88 acres. 90 acres of farmland. Must be heard sorry i didnt hear you. Must be heard. Yes. Theater got a tractor. That was the life. So. Im the middle kid of two brothers. One older, one younger, we all served in the military. So di
War. He has a recount citing Chinese Forces at the battle of joseph reservoir, where he was shot in the leg and shoulder. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and ministry affairs. And where were you born . It i was born in ohio, february 20, eight 1933. I parents of immigrants where did they immigrate . From italy. Any siblings . 80 11. 11 siblings . Are you oldest . Youngest . Youngest. Wow. So im looking here and it says that you are enlisted what made you decide to enlist. My mother died when i was, for my father died what i was seven. So i was raised by my brothers and sisters they would take turns. So by the time i was 15 i wasnt too happy about it, and all my brothers, all of my brothers served in the military, all five of my brothers were in the war as well. So i always would have liked to join as well. So i falsified might baptismal certificate and i went to work trying to enlist first in the marine corps. They knew i was under age and th
Vietnam. Vietnam. So thats captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008. Very short time period. Right. You did all this battle there. Right . Even in charge of 125 people there . Yes. Its an amazing story. You know, theres another story that i didnt miss that i feel obligated to tell it. When i was wounded i was going down to the cp and i was taking this socalled prisoner and i just pushed him off the bank. He probably survived. I went down to the dispensary and they left me there and the dispensary that night was overrun by north koreans. I couldnt find my weapon. I found someone had left two 30 round clips back to back. The koreans were running through the courtyards, a couple miles north of chinju, in a place by a river, i can remember the route cropping to know exactly where that is. Anyway i had to fight my way out of there. There were running through the courtyard and i ran out, i had a very, very painful ankle and i fell when i hit the road and then i could hear ameri