Historic color photos from every US state

The Sky View Drive-In Theater in Dothan, Alabama, in 1979. 

This photo depicts Leadville mountain, near Metlakahtla, Alaska, sometime between 1855-1936.

This is a Santa Fe R.R. freight train rounding a curve between Ash Fork and Gleed, Arizona, in March 1943. 

This photo depicts old cabins in Pyatt, Arkansas, in 1980.

This photo is of a US Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) over California in early 1943.

This photo shows Southwestern Colorado in October 1940. 

This picture depicts a farm auction in September 1940 in Derby, Connecticut. 

This shows a Delaware Auto Court sign in New Castle, Delaware, in 1980.

A US Navy sailor removes securing lines and clamps in preparation for launching a Mark XIII torpedo from a Higgins-class motor torpedo (PT) boat operating from the Subchaser Training Center in Miami, Florida, circa 1944.

The photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Science Laboratory on November 16, 1945.

This photo is of the US Navy battleship USS Washington (BB-56) maneuvering off Oahu, Hawaii, in mid-1943.

This photo showed grain elevators on a farm in Caldwell, Idaho, in July 1941.

A woman relaxing in an inflatable children's swimming pool while her children play in Park Forest, Illinois, around July 27, 1954.

This photo shows the interior of North Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana, around 1959-64.

This photo depicts Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cooper taking a break from hauling hay bales, on their farm near Radcliffe, Iowa, around September 9, 1957. 

This photo shows a church near Junction City, Kansas, around 1942. 

Field of Burley tobacco on farm of Russell Spears, drying and curing barn in the background, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky, around September 1940. 

This photo shows Pirate's Alley, with St. Anthony's Garden on the right, in New Orleans, Louisiana, sometime between 1935-1960. 

This photo shows a horse-drawn digger in operation on a potato farm. The picture was taken in  Aroostook county, Maine, in October 1940. 

This photo shows trees in a reformation project between 1941-1942. 

The photo shows the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium and Chapel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, around 1950-55.

This photo shows the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, around 1945.

The photo shows workers Grading and packing onions in Rice County, Minnesota, around September 1939. 

This photo shows people picking cotton near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in November 1939. 

This photo shows that South Sea Chinese Restaurant sign in Crestwood, Missouri, sometime in 1978. 

This photo is called Louie's Cabin and was taken in Laurel, Montana, in 1980.

This is a shot of a street in Lincoln, Nebraska, filled with cars in 1942.

The Shorty's Club sign in Elko, Nevada, sometime in 1978.

This shows the Cremeland ice cream sign in Manchester, New Hampshire, around 1979.

A view of Lower Manhattan in New York from an abandoned pier in Jersey City, New Jersey, sometime in 1970. 

This picture shows the home of Jim Norris, a homesteader in Pie Town, New Mexico, around 1940.

This showed the beginnings of what is now John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, New York, around 1956-62.

This photo shows the Big Giant ice cream sign on Route 25 in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1979.

This photo shows the Ship & Anchor Motel sign in Springfield, North Dakota, in 1979. 

This photo shows a country school near Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1942 or 1943. 

This shows the scene at a square dance at a rural home in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, in 1939 or 1940. 

This picture shows the 7-Up Building on NW 37th & Sandy Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, in 1976. 

This shows the restaurant Kupper's Kitchen on North Main Street in Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1977.

This photo shows a mailbox during the bi-centennial in Kingston, Rhode Island, in 1976.

This shows the Cypress Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina, and was taken in 1935.

This photo shows the Horseless Carriage Museum billboard in Rockerville, South Dakota, in 1979. 

This photo shows a copper mining and sulfuric acid plant in Copperhill, Tennessee, in September 1939. 

An instructor explained the operation of a parachute to student pilots in Meacham field in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1942. 

A photo shows Smalley's Jewelry Store sign in Ogden, Utah, in 1980. 

 A photo shows the sideshows at the Vermont state fair in Rutland during September 1941. 

This photo depicts the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia somewhere between 1920 and 1950.

The picture shows fields of wheat in Walla Walla, Washington, in July 1941. 

A woman painting a view of the Shenandoah Valley from the Skyline Drive, near an entrance to the Appalachian Trail, Virginia, in 1940. 

This photos shows the Milwaukee Art Museum (originally Milwaukee War Memorial) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, circa 1952-57. 

This photo shows the Quonset Hut-Store in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1976.