Joe,
I totally agree with your statements.
I have often wondered how could people live during these times, regardless of the events such a brutal civil war, but because everything is so gloomy and dirty looking. When looking at old photographs like these I may consciously know that they are black and white, but I think on a subconscious level the brain is having a hard time comprehending that these were real people living in a real world like the one I am living in, just in a different time period.
But when I see these photographs in color, the brain seems to "get it". It can more easily relate to these people that I have read so much about. they become more human to me. The world they live in becomes more like the one I live in. It has so much more of an impact on my mind.
_________________ Brigadier General Kevin Koch 2/2/VI AotS
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