In 1942, soon after the United States entered World War II, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Office of
War Information (OWI). The new agency was tasked with releasing war
news, promoting patriotic activities, and providing news outlets with
audio, film, and photos of the government's war efforts. Between 1939
and 1944, the OWI and the Farm Security Administration made thousands of
photographs, approximately 1,600 of them in color. OWI photographers
Alfred Palmer and Howard Hollem produced some exceptional Kodachrome
transparencies in the early war years depicting military preparedness,
factory operations, and women in the work force. While most of the
scenes were posed, the subjects were the real thing -- soldiers and
workers preparing for a long fight. Gathered here are some of these
color images from Palmer and Hollem, complete with original captions
from 1942.CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS
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