AMERICAN LIFE DURING 1930s - AMAZING HIGH DEFINITION REAL-TIME COLORIZING PHOTOS

[@neillillo4748]

Thank you for keeping each pix on long enough

[@iamgermane]

"Radio Row" in NYC was the site of the World Trade Center towers.

[@libertyone5853]

Wonderful to see these pictures, times were simpler, people dressed up unlike today. In many respects with technology we have advanced and in many other respects we have REGRESSED.

[@EthanLomas]

Dirty bastard politicians polluting America for self gain. Now you are all really fat and unhealthy LOL LOL LOL

[@mark3464]

Jim Crow segregation, sexism, no workers rights, rampant pollution, lead in everything. Really?

[@jerryrichmond4707]

So glad history is being preserved. The 1930s were hard times, but the country had sanity back then.

[@jakeroberts7435]

The country was being manipulated by the same agenda grinding us down now but they didn't have the internet to open they're eyes. They blamed the banks but didn't know the all encompassing power of the FED and most trusted politicians to do the right thing. Some still believed WW1 was the war to "end all wars".

[@jamesphillips2961]

And then....and then.....there was more sanity in the 1940s!!! True story, Cretinovich!!

[@williestyle35]

Ehh, not as "sane" as your rose colored glasses are painting Depression era America. There were far more "fringe" political parties. Especially more active "white nationalist groups" like the Silver Shirts, the followers of Father Conchlin, and the KKK. Then as war came to Asia and Europe, the Nazi funded "America First" movement gained followers - fragmenting politics further...

[@bobobo4527]

@james...you good🤪?

[@williestyle35]

@@jerryrichmond4707 the 1930's were extremely hard times, and things were far from sane. The extreme conditions brought some acceptance of extreme solutions and extreme viewpoints. The American Nazi party gained followers. The Silver Shirts", father Counghlin had a large following - in person at rallies and listening on the radio. The KKK was resurgent - and not only in the South. The "America First" movement was gaining ground - as the Chinese and Europeans suffered from fascist aggression. This "sanitary" you are thinking of was largely an illusion that only applied to small groups, generally rich and white Americans.

[@michaelknapp8961]

My mom and dad were just little kids in the 30s. It was depression time. Jobs were few. My dad’s dad bought and sold gold all over the country and did quite well during a terrible economy. My mom’s dad really had a tough time. He did everything he could to pay the mortgage and put food on the table for his family. He mowed lawns, trimmed trees, sold apples on a street corner, and other odd jobs. It was a crazy time to live but EVERYONE was in the same boat. Everyone seemed to struggle at the same time. Thanks for posting this video.

[@williestyle35]

Most everyone was in the same boat* There were still the Astor's and the Rockefellers - but people would throw rocks at them if they displayed too much of their wealth (ostentatious display became mush less prevalent - outside of NYC or Chicago, etc.). My mother's father worked for the Norfolk and Southern railroad as a lead accountant. They did well, had a stable home, a good car, and could even sometimes travel for pleasure (railroad "passes"). Yet they also sometimes had trouble paying all the bills or finding and paying for enough food for a full meal everyday. It was the "Great Depression" because no other economic troubles since that time have cut so deep or lasted so long (it actually got a bit *worse* in 1935 after a tiny "recovery" period previously).

[@tats7859]

The people that you are describing us regular folks called them there, grandparents!!! Like grandpaw or grandmaw... just like that there.

[@j.g.8494]

Hauntingly beautiful - the past brought back to life. The soothing background music is just as good as a meditation. One thing that stood out in these photos is the proliferation of advertising. The colorization is really outstanding.

[@larryambrose2660]

Looking at these pictures I see very few overweight people. I love the cars and the buildings.

[@vintagerecordambassadeur4098]

There not overweight because they didn’t have access to fast food. If they did they would be fat as well. Guaranteed

[@vintagerecordambassadeur4098]

If there were fast food restaurants on every corner, the ppl would be fat. Period

[@yamil.343]

Yea it’s prob bc of the Great Depression most were starving

[@gmoney4577]

The government started putting additives in the food

[@kmeccat]

@@yamil.343 No---you really didn't see overweight people in any numbers until the late 80s-90s.

[@ritasanchez651]

Beautiful pictures, excellent restoration, soft music, very well done!

[@htprimeaux8570]

This is beautifully done. Technically and artistically the best I’ve seen on YT.

[@LesterMoore]

These looks back are always well received. A bit of imagination and one can almost walk into each photo. Replete with sounds and fragrances. Thank you.

[@martinw9425]

Just like a travel through time, i always feel i ve been there. Very pleasant to watch. Thank you.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Wonderfully evocative old photos, really well presented here … talk about ‘every picture tells a story!’ ❤

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

The best times of humanity.

[@larryj1048]

Except for the Depression, soup lines and all that, it was no doubt delightful!

[@raulduke6105]

@@larryj1048and if you were Caucasian male and healthy

[@jamesphillips2961]

Oh yeah, they were great!! Mom, we eating today? We'll see son, we will if Dad can find a job. Oh, and WW2 just started, so maybe he'll have one soon enough.

[@bobblowhard8823]

These photos may show that, but most of these were taken during the Great Depression, with many people and families with no jobs or income. Many folks were hungry and impoverished during those times. These photos don't show that.

[@williestyle35]

lolz, nope. The other comments have refuted your outrageous claim. But just another example : Japan invaded Manchuria starting in 1931, and the Siege of Shanghai came in January of 1932, then the Rape of Nanking started in December 13, 1937 thus opening the "Second Sino-Japanese War". Most of Europe was a mess during the "Great Depression" with all kinds of political and civil "unrest". The other commenters have already detailed how badly America was doing after the stock market ("Wall Street") crash, and subsequent Bank failures of 1929...

[@kmeccat]

Everyone well-dressed and slim. Hard-pressed to find any trash on the streets or sidewalks-- in the city or towns. My, have we gone downhill!

[@jamesphillips2961]

Idjit comment. The Depression, high crime, then WW2. The 30s sucked.

[@williestyle35]

The streets were cleaner because there was far less "disposable" packaging, far more "civic pride", and more people on municipal payrolls to clean up. They were not specifically "well dressed" - you were ridiculed as "low class" if you didn't wear a suit or dress (no matter it is was worn out or "shabby"). Because of the "Great Depression" many people had a hard time getting a full day's worth of calories, meat and sugars especially were expensive and rare. You go months on 1000 calories (or often less) a day and you will be "slim" too...

[@KevinMaxwell-o3t]

@@williestyle35 No, that's not true. The unemployment rate at the peak of the Great Depression was about 25%. Not to minimize that number, most people had jobs, and ate three healthy meals a day. People were slender back then simply because very little in the way of junk food existed yet. Folks ate real food cooked in their own kitchens, and didn't snack much between meals. If we were to return to those habits our obesity epidemic would taper off and disappear over time.

[@williestyle35]

@@KevinMaxwell-o3t *25 percent of eligible workers were unemployed* Compare this to the current 4.1 percent. I agree that people didn't eat "fast food" or snack between meals, because they couldn't afford to, and few people ate three meals a day. For one thing a "full" breakfast is a post WWII invention, because the military fed recruits and soldiers that way to bring calorie content up - because the recruits were far too thin and needed the nutrition to sustain their hard work. Also far more people worked far harder, at work and home - there were less "labor saving" devices like washing machines or pre-packaged food stuffs. Even working people struggled with getting enough of anything, including meals. You can see "soup kitchens" in these comments, that included neighbors sometimes sharing or bartering food. Calories became harder to get enough of on a daily basis. People were wearing "proper attire" in public, even if it was years old and threadbare. It took months of savings to get a beat up used radio as your family's "entertainment". Many families had to sell belongings to make mortgages or rent. Then events like the "Dust Bowl" challenged their very existence and health. You have missed my points entirely, in order to stick to your own narrative, "it wasn't that bad" - infant mortality went up, again, during the years of the Great Depression. Things were harder in 1935 then in 1925. People suffered and had challenges to their ability to survive - and these events were world wide - The Holodomor was inflicted on Ukraine in 1932 - 33... And once again both of my parents and my paternal grandmother are sources, as they actually lived through the "Great Depression".

[@mikemacheese7174]

People dumped trash and raw sewage directly into waterways in the 30s.

[@connersittelgames2953]

Thank you for the photos, presentation. Love your channel.😊

[@rhondaturner2254]

Well done, thank you for your presentation

[@Leavingthisworld]

Wow great photos, Great colorization technique! New subscriber, can’t wait for more. Thank you

[@michaeltamborelli2769]

I am a child of the 1930s; 1933 to be exact & I'm still here! I've see it all & there never was a better time to enjoy life as it was back then, wars & all. Sad to see the world as it is today.

[@leagueG5]

Do you remember an actor named Michael Whalen during that time?

[@joycecurrier4984]

1939 is my year ❤

[@retiredcolonel6492]

What’s striking is how beautiful the women are in that one shot from San Francisco. Nothing fake, all natural lips and boobs. No multi-colored hair. No nose piercings. No disgusting tattoos.

[@mikemacheese7174]

Natural boobs rule!

[@tomjenz]

Remarkable historical images of everyday life in the 1930s. Amazing colorization work. You have brought back the past.

[@brendadrew834]

My late parent's era, they got married in Boston in 1939. The old cars remind me of one my late grandfather had and interesting to see some of the same food/drink products still around. Wish we had those prices today though! Thanks for the great photos~ 😍

[@jamesphillips2961]

Those prices were great!! Nobody had a job, of course.

[@brendadrew834]

@@jamesphillips2961 Many during the Depression didn't have jobs. Some did, like my late parents luckily.My father had a college education a B.A. and a master's degree and my mother had graduated from secretarial school. There were nurses, doctors, teachers, waiters/waitresses etc. back then so not everyone was on "skid row".

[@mattikaki]

These colorings were much better done that many others here. Thank you. I didn’t have to switch my iPad to B/W when watching.

[@yamil.343]

I yearn for simpler times like those.

[@ronaldmayle1823]

Is that why you're on social media with your cellphone? lol

[@jamesphillips2961]

Yes, nothing simpler than 20% unemployment followed by a stinking malaria infested foxhole in the South Pacific. Glorious times!!!

[@bobblowhard8823]

They weren't so simple. The Great Depression, with joblessness and poverty and hunger, and racism. These photos don't show that.

[@FlipDahlenburg]

@@bobblowhard8823 Still have that today. Always--ALWAYS--will. Less racism back then, bob, believe it or not. Melting Pot.

[@bobblowhard8823]

@@FlipDahlenburg Less racism back then? Boy, are you deranged.

[@christanner3761]

Beautiful job done here. Thank you for posting this. I only wish my grand parents could have seen this.

[@diannemiller1895]

Depression so hard for the country. So many unemployed. So many hungry. The young pretty women sitting atop car r from the 40s not 30s. I know. I m 76. My parents wer born '22 and '36. Grew up n 30s. They married n 40s. Ladies n bathing suits r also from 40s. This was fun to watch. ❤ All those wonderful old cars.

[@peterselten500]

Just subbed great work . Cheers from australia

[@jerryyoung807]

Thankyou. I loved it.

[@TheTeach56]

The B/Ws are so beautiful!

[@TheMarkEH]

Fabulous! Thank you for creating this enchanting glimpse into America's past.

[@annesummers09]

Love the color. Thanks. Makes it look more realistic and more relatable.

[@catfish24]

Enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting this video.

[@heru-deshet359]

So peaceful, and more innocent times.

[@roberthenry9319]

Absolutely awesome. Cannot thank you enough.

[@commonsense5193]

Superb crystal clear photos. What a collection. Thanks.

[@Lansing2784]

I just came across your video with all these great old pictures. It starts with a picture of Spencer, Iowa which is only 45 minutes from my home.

[@FlipDahlenburg]

Nice coloring job, very easy on the eye.

[@normsweet1710]

Great job of colorizing contrast from B & W photo’s most enjoyable

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Great photos from the interwar years!

[@VernCrisler]

It's sad to think about pictures from the 1930s, because a lot of these young guys would soon be part of a terrible war -- and many would not come back.

[@caseymurphy244]

Don't see to many people with blue or purple hair. No one vaping. No flip flops or wearing their pjs for daily attire. Don't see any Amazon drivers delivering the prime packages to people with non-existing homes.

[@yannickmadec2050]

Je suis étonné de voir à quel point le pays était moderne ! Images du passé très impressionnantes, c'est un vrai plaisir !

[@jm82abn]

Awesome, thank you.

[@saltydog4443]

Love this video,Thanks

[@EdwardM-t8p]

So nice to see the country without ridiculously wide highways and stroads, with an urban and rural environment unblighted by endless architectural squalour, and with people even poor people being well dressed and being civil with one another. I wish we could bring the good traits of the time here.

[@Nonenone23]

San Francisco is disgusting nowadays

[@jec1ny]

That was hauntingly beautiful. Subbed.

[@jaygold4467]

When America was civilized.

[@JimLay]

Well done!

[@coolbrownboy64]

Thank you so much .

[@frankho99]

That was excellent.

[@romanpernal7397]

Just great!

[@hot88s23]

Beautiful colorization !

[@kreh1100]

The past fascinates me. Would love to be a fly on the walll❤❤❤

[@charlessupp2543]

Haunting. Trying to divine their thoughts.😮

[@thomasaschenberg9809]

Excellent

[@scaredy-cat]

A very different world indeed

[@gregjohnston9287]

East Dubuque is in Illinois. Wonderful pictures.

[@marksamuelsen2750]

Sadly, Even the Children in these Photos Are Long Gone. Time Does Keep Marching On!! I’m Now 71yo and I’m Hoping To Live To 100. Hey, Ya Never Know 😮

[@bobobo4527]

@marksamuelsen👍

[@michaeltamborelli2769]

Not all of us yet.

[@larrygold1914]

You’ll make it. …….

[@mpojr]

the one showing San francisco dont see anybody taken a dump on the street

[@Griffinmc]

6:06 Forty-second Street looking west from Fifth Avenue. The building is the north entrance of the New York Public Library. From which I stepped out every weekday right after five o’clock from 1989 to 1990 when I worked there.

[@johnsteelman-d1s]

HELLO , NICE VID ,. LOVE TO OWN ONE OF THOSE OLD CARS ,., JOHN FROM NORTH CAROLINA ,.,.,

[@jonmicknono7138]

Life was real then people were basically good. And everything wasn’t made of. Chrisman were proud of what they made. Musicians were proud of how they played composers Were proud of what they composed..

[@rrsteamer]

I think I prefer the monochrome prints as it becomes easier to pick out details on these high-def prints. One would think that these were originally exposed on glass plates as opposed to film negatives. The color is nice, don’t get wrong but when looking at 1930 era photos B&W fits the remembrance of the tough times. I guess that would include war time photos also. Still, nicely done!

[@tomfilipiak3511]

Amazing at 76 years old,born in 1948,I see people at Church,in flip flops,un come d hair,nasty T shirts,messy shorts,I sure the hell,was not raised that way,wow,have some pride,for yourself!

[@PehDoePeet]

In the photo " upwards Oldsmobile" you can see the Golden Gate Bridge is still under construction. What an excellent photograph. I don't think it is the Oakland Bay bridge.

[@jec1ny]

The guy on the left is wearing spats on his shoes. That was old fashioned even back then.

[@briannichols4856]

Beautiful Times

[@edsmith6504]

Oh my God. That music makes me want to poke out my eardrums!

[@Mustang1683]

12:38 Amazing that 85 years on many of those cereals in that grocery store are still around.

[@bryansmith2649]

I can’t believe how many people had electricity in the 1930’s. My mom was from rural South Carolina and they didn’t get electricity until 1950!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

In urban areas, most people had electricity.

[@redmavis6136]

Anyone know the year/make of car at 14:30? I don't think I've ever seen a coupe of that era with suicide doors.

[@redmavis6136]

OK, found it...1935 Pontiac Deluxe 6 convertible coupe. Probably not too many examples still around today.

[@robertporterfield9578]

Saw a couple of very familiar scenes in Durham, NC..

[@thomasmiller5057]

That’s the bluest yellow I ever did see 3:34

[@JoeHarkinsHimself]

The waiting room at Penn Station Newark, NJ has been restored and looks very much like the photo.

[@sydneyfairbairn3773]

My mom was born in 1938. These photos are like looking through her albums.

[@MrKgd1950]

Fabulous color. Were the photos after 1935 Kodachrome, or were all of these colorized? AI or hand colored?

[@MileyonDisney]

How did they have a 1941 Oldsmobile (in the thumbnail) in the 1930's?

[@MileyonDisney]

10:55 - One shows up again, this time even with an Olds license plate placard.

[@28704joe]

Whole grain alcohol 89 Cents 9 year Scotch $1.39 Back when a nickel was worth something

[@vikasbedi82]

I wish I were young and healthy during that times. Wonderful USA. So sad to see you declining like that.

[@newerafrican]

18:53 I see a Ruppert Beer sign in the background. I believe he was the owner of the Yankees who acquired Babe Ruth in 1919 from Boston. And the rest, as they say, is history.

[@1jeffr]

It's like a totally different world, yet it's really not that long ago in the scheme of things

[@rfbradley3305]

And They all wore hats.

[@jec1ny]

People dressed with class then. The guy on the left at 12:00 is even wearing spats.

[@williamconway2673]

I enjoyed seeing what some of the Tobacco ads got away with back then.

[@jeffrenman4146]

In today's world we will all be shedding a tear is everything decent and everything beautiful has been replaced by concrete and selfishness and overcrowding… The future will be worse with climate change whether going crazy pollution everywhere. I'm old now and I still remember. No matter what things were thousand times better the further you go back into time

[@lucilledelorme]

Wonderful to see: no garbage, graffiti, traffic signs and other road related eyesores, little or unobtrusive advertising and everyone dressed smartly and not waddling their fat arses down the street in sportswear ( not even worn ironically) There must have been some homeless people, especially during the 30s but they don’t seem as conspicuous and antisocial as now. And we are supposed to be in a more progressive time….really?

[@ronaldmayle1823]

You're seeing what the camera man want's you to see. This was during the great depression. There were millions of homeless.

[@TopHotDog]

​@@ronaldmayle1823in that era the term , homeless, was not yet used. There were many until WW2. They were called bums, tramps, waifs, & hobos and lived near railroad yards, docks, warfs and river's edge. Large groups were called jungles. They were considered riff raft and trash and were thrown out of town by cops and citizen's groups when spotted. .

[@ronaldmayle1823]

@@TopHotDog The "good old days."

[@jamesphillips2961]

@@ronaldmayle1823 May we never see them again.

[@emmgeevideo]

Outstanding selection of photos. I'm not sure that "colorizing" helped improve them much, especially because most of them weren't very lifelike. They were sort of color-accented sepia tone.

[@lostmrsmoss]

Strange how many commentors point to how slim and well dressed the people were, when many of these pictures show torn clothes held together with pins. No trash on the street? Sure. But the Great Depression was the worst economic disaster in US history, with 24.9% out of work and for those who had jobs, income fell by 47%. Thanks for the wonderful photos. I found the color very true to life.

[@williestyle35]

Exactly! People were "slim" because the "Great Depression" made it very difficult for many people to even get enough calories every day. And exactly right about how people dressed - even if your suit or dress was held together with pins, if you dressed more casually you were often ridiculed as "low class" or a "bum". The streets were cleaner because there was almost no "disposable packaging", people took more pride then just throwing their trash in the streets, and more municipal workers were there to clean up (sometimes, in some cities).

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The Depression was finally fading away by 1940, and this is the 40s, not the 30s. There were no 40s cars in existence in the 30s, except on stylist's drawing boards.

[@williestyle35]

@@michaelbenardo5695 lol, there were virtually no cars for civilians to buy between 1940 - 1945. The depression "was fading" after 1940, just in time for rationing due to WWII

[@chrisbrown3925]

I noticed that the police motorcycle had a worn front tire...

[@angelareminiscenza6233]

Would have loved to live in a tranquil world! Not the evil world we live in today❤

[@rurikwasastjerna9540]

Such tasteful and restrained use of color. Together with the melancholic tune makes watching almost unbearably wistful.

[@jackbottomly4420]

The music in the video is not good

[@tats7859]

Some reason it seems more meaningful when the location and the dates are put in the pictures. Of course it's only my opinion.

[@bobh9930]

Good photos, but they're much better in the original black and white, without the false color added.

[@jimjones-d1p]

Re: Baghdad by the Bay. I read that west beyond Van Ness, life is nearly normal, Any witnesses?

[@MsCaleb79]

Its not so relaxing when you realize everything was better before

[@cynthiamckenzie1034]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@janbentzen6814]

Take some pictures of daily life so someone can look back in 90 years.

[@jamesbolling6681]

Time Traveler Alert ! @ 18:44 Union Square New York 1936 - Guy with his back to the camera ,rolled up sleeves talking on a cell phone.

[@joejoe7212]

Back when USA was a republic

[@estelleadamski308]

These ppl were just alive 90 yrs. ago as we are today. Seems strange in a way.

[@DreamMonster7X]

Almost all the adults from the 30's have passed away, if not all.

[@jamesbosworth4191]

WOULD YOU PEOPLE QUIT DOING THIS??? THERE WERE NO 1940s CARS IN 1930s!!!