The ubiquitous black and white photos from the depression have a tendency to make one perceive that everyone wore clothing in drab shades of gray, and that life was a bleak visage of darkness. The accompanying downtrodden motif of the time usually reinforces that idea as a contemporary psychological construct --- why wouldn't people dress in ugly, depressing colors when the world was collapsing?--- and further skews our received interpretation of the era.
Wait, America has always been in color?
Wait, America has always been in color?
Wait, America has always been in color?
The ubiquitous black and white photos from the depression have a tendency to make one perceive that everyone wore clothing in drab shades of gray, and that life was a bleak visage of darkness. The accompanying downtrodden motif of the time usually reinforces that idea as a contemporary psychological construct --- why wouldn't people dress in ugly, depressing colors when the world was collapsing?--- and further skews our received interpretation of the era.