A face can betray unbound happiness, utter desperation or hopelessness. With this page, Faces from the 30s and 40s, it’s possible to read faces the same way we read books. The themes and motives are always subject to our interpretation and debate.
Our first impressions of people sometimes, most times, rule our interaction with those people. We sympathize or not based on those impressions and our personal prejudices.
It’s up to the viewer to decide the story behind each face. It’s up to you to imagine a story or discern the truth.
This is all our impression; however, our impressions do not guarantee reality. It is an impression. It is not always a reflection of reality.
Below is a collection of faces from across America between the late 30’s and early 40’s. In Faces from the 30s and 40s, people come from places like Pie Town, the Virgin Islands, neighborhoods in Washington DC and some from the migrant camps of California and Eastern United States just before the Second World War.
The other sections of this site cover places and events like The Black Belt of Chicago, The Dust Bowl Years, the streets of New York City in the 30’s and 40’s, and the Cotton Pickers of the 1930’s.
A face can betray unbound happiness, utter desperation or hopelessness. With this page, Faces from the 30s and 40s, it’s possible to read faces the same way we read books. The themes and motives are always subject to our interpretation and debate.
Our first impressions of people sometimes, most times, rule our interaction with those people. We sympathize or not based on those impressions and our personal prejudices.
It’s up to the viewer to decide the story behind each face. It’s up to you to imagine a story or discern the truth.
This is all our impression; however, our impressions do not guarantee reality. It is an impression. It is not always a reflection of reality.
Below is a collection of faces from across America between the late 30’s and early 40’s. In Faces from the 30s and 40s, people come from places like Pie Town, the Virgin Islands, neighborhoods in Washington DC and some from the migrant camps of California and Eastern United States just before the Second World War.
The other sections of this site cover places and events like The Black Belt of Chicago, The Dust Bowl Years, the streets of New York City in the 30’s and 40’s, and the Cotton Pickers of the 1930’s.
“The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.” – St. Jerome
