March 01, 2005
color photos from WWI
This is simply stunning. The first color photos of WWI I've ever seen. According to the header on the page, the color photo was first invented by the Lumiere brothers in 1903 and the French Army was the first (and only one) to use it to document the war.
Why have we not heard of these photos before?
I got to this from my Uncle's photoblog site..
These chaps explain the history of the autochrome (the process).
These chaps may be the original digitizers of the photos. Check out their site for 250 odd color photos of WWI vintage.
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