30 color photographs that bring the past to life (31 photos)

Black and white photographs have a special charm. True, sometimes they create a feeling of detachment, as if opening a door to a world we cannot connect with. Now imagine seeing those same moments in color - and suddenly history becomes more alive, as if you were transported back in time! We dug into the archives and found some amazing color photographs from the 1940s.





1. My Mexican grandmother in a traditional Spanish headdress - a mantilla, 1940



2. My grandparents' honeymoon in Switzerland, 1946 year





3. A farmer from Madison County, Montana, August 1942



4. Parisians greet the Allies on the Champs-Elysees, August 26 1944



5. An American Vega Corporation worker inspects the aircraft's electrical wiring, June 1942



6. Making camouflage, New York, 1943 year



7. At the Vermont State Fair, Rutland, September 1941



8. Camp for Japanese Americans, 1942



9. Rural school children, St. Augustine County, Texas, April 1943



10. Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a retired office worker, paints American insignia on an airplane with precision and patriotism, Texas, USA, August 1942



11. On a street in Christiansted, Virgin Islands, December 1941



12. Children on a porch, Natchitoches, Louisiana, August 1940



13. Farmer Jim Norris, Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940



14. Virgin Islands, Christiansted Outskirts, St. Croix, December 1941



15. Packing oranges in Redlands, California, March 1943



16. Rowing lesson



17. For Backstage at the Vermont State Fair, Rutland, September 1941



18. At the Vermont State Fair, Rutland, September 1941



19. An instructor explains how a parachute works to students, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas, January 1942



20. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942



21. The crew of an American M4 tank during training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942



22. Sailor and girl at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.C., May 1943



23. Geologist examines well cuttings, Amarillo, Texas, 1943



24. Children on the Street, Washington, D.C., 1941-1942



25. Jesse Rhodes Waller tests a .30 caliber machine gun he just installed on a U.S. Navy fighter plane at Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1942



26. Mississippi, 1940



27. St. Croix, Virgin Islands, December 1941



28. Naval Air Station Repair Department Riveter Virginia Davis and Michigan Trainee Chas Potter, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1942



29. The United Nations Fights for Freedom: A Boy Scout in Front of the Capitol, 1943



30. A Girl in the Park at Union Station, Washington, D.C., 1943