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Color photos from 100 years ago

post #1 of 10
10/20/11 at 6:38pm
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This my 3000th post and to celebrate, I want to pay tribute to old color photos. I love black and white but old color photos can be great too.  There are lots of shockingly good color photos from many decades ago. 

 

Here's a little bit of info of color photography history:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography

 

These color photos of Russia are quite amazing. There's even more shots too if I remember correctly if you google the search.  Enjoy and behold.

 

Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

 

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post #2 of 10
10/20/11 at 6:59pm

Considering they were taken right after the turn of the 20th century, the quality of the Russian pictures are astonishing. The subjects and landscapes are fascinating too. Thanks for sharing and congrats on 3,000. :)

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post #3 of 10
10/20/11 at 7:06pm
My word, those photos are astonishing! Congrats on 3,000 as well!
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post #4 of 10
10/20/11 at 7:18pm

That is a totally new perspective on that history captured! Awesome.

 

M

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post #5 of 10
10/20/11 at 7:19pm

Awesome. Photography have evolved a lot since then.  

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post #6 of 10
10/21/11 at 3:08am

Surprising quality.

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post #7 of 10
10/21/11 at 3:24am

I love it - thanks!

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post #8 of 10
10/21/11 at 7:08am

 I actually had no idea color photography was possible back then. Call me misinformed rolleyes.gif

 

 The landscapes are amazingly beautiful. I'm surprised at the amount of detail in there.

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post #9 of 10
10/21/11 at 8:27pm

Congrats on the 3,000 post. Im amazed that these are so clear from over a hundred years ago! Also dont forget these amazing war photo's


Edited by cifani090 - 10/21/11 at 8:28pm
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post #10 of 10
10/22/11 at 5:00am
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Thanks y'all. War photos are always impressive and at times shocking. 

 

Some of my all time favorite old color photos are of Marilyn Monroe in the 1940s before she became famous. Here's one of them.

 

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As an added bonus to this thread, here's some nice color photos of the Great Depression era. Click the link below.

 

Rare Library of Congress colour photographs of the Great Depression | Mail Online

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