Monday, February 3, 2014

70 YEAR OLD KODACHROME TRANSPARENCIES from 1940-1943

Subject: 70 YEAR OLD KODACHROME TRANSPARENCIES from 1940-1943 via Michael in Tave...
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Some interesting shots of the Mitchell B-25 here. Eighty-one today, and don't feel a day over, well...eighty-one.

Hope all is well.

John

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Subject: FW: 70 YEAR OLD KODACHROME TRANSPARENCIES from 1940-1943 via Michael in Tave...

Dear friends.  Dont miss these photos of the America we (i.e., some of us) grew up in. The war that all of America supported. The tremendous contribution of women, without whose input we probably would not have won the war. I just could never grasp how America mobilized its war machine so quickly and successfully--just all of the planes and ships built in such a short time, for instance (the war lasted only 4 years.) Kids lying about their ages to go fight for America, some hiding their disabilities so they could get in. Many celebrities joined up. God bless that generation of Americans, and send more. I read recently that about 20 of the most elite universities in US do not now require American history in their curriculum. That should be a federal law. How can our kids appreciate what we have if they never learn how hard it was won and kept and sacrificed for??? It's like money: Money earned is precious. Inherited is often taken for granted.

Nick
 Subject: FW: 70 YEAR OLD KODACHROME TRANSPARENCIES from 1940-1943
  
Sent my by a friend in the UK , who has a friend in Russia who somehow collected these very American pictures.

There is NOTHING like Kodachrome -- best color system ever used in photography -- and, what's more, I've NEVER seen prints from slides come out as perfectly as these have done.

If you're old enough to remember the '40s at all, and I think most (not all) of you are, prepare to be yanked back into the 40s more vividly than you ever imagined possible.  These look SO right!!!!







1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful pics!
Thanks John!