World War II: Color Photos From Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939 - 1940

Haunting color photos made by Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, Hugo Jaeger, in the ghettos of Nazi-occupied Poland in 1939 and 1940.

The Coldest Front: LIFE's Coverage of the Winter War - LIFE

The war that began in 1939 when Russia invaded Finland is known as The Winter War, and for good reason. It was waged almost entirely in wintertime, beginning on November 30 and ending on March 13, 1940. The Winter War lived up to its name when it came to the battle conditions, with temperatures dropping ... Read more

Frank Hamer and the Texas Bandit War of 1915 - The History Reader : The History Reader

Frank Hamer takes on Pacho Villa and the Mexicans in the Bandit war of 1915. A war of brutal retribution to establish who would control El Norte

1930s-40s in Color

These vivid color photos from the Great Depression and World War II capture an era generally seen only in black-and-white. Photographers working for the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) created the images between 1939 and 1944. We invite your tags and comments! Also, more identification information. (The current titles come from the agency's original documentation, which was sometimes incomplete.) The FSA/OWI pictures depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with a focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working. The original images are color transparencies ranging in size from 35 mm. to 4x5 inches. They complement the better-known black-and-white FSA/OWI photographs, made during the same period. The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division preserves the original photographs and offers the digital copies to ensure their wide availability. For more information about the collection and to see the approximately 171,000 black-and-white photos, visit: www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsac/