A lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas 1942 (Courtesy of the Library of Congress) There is a photo of federal housing ...

These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small ...

These are the kinds of black-and-white images we usually associate with past celebrities like Louis Armstrong, Orson Welles and Lucille Ball. Because it was such a complicated process, color ...

A view of London in 1940, with damage from German bombing raids.William Vandivert—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images The air raids by German Luftwaffe planes on English cities and towns in 1940 and ...

URBANA — An 8-mm color film shot in the 1940s is offering some clues about the original color of a bronze statue that is a beloved landmark at the University of Illinois. The 84-year-old Alma Mater ...