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    WWI original colour photos

    Absolutely awesome WWI colour photo collection
    http://www.mediatheque-patrimoine.cu...tochromes.html

    Just look at this





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    Exceptionally high-resolution photos, not just because they are in color. Thanks for sharing them!

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    I'm going to repost these elsewhere if you don't mind.

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    Very cool, thanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irondüke
    I'm going to repost these elsewhere if you don't mind.
    Sure! Thats internet is for (except sharing porn and b.tching at eachother )

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    they look like high quality black and white photos, run through photoshop to add color. they must of done a good job, or actually took color pictures, im not sure..

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    They are real color photographs.

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    Battle of Verdun in Colour

    The French Army was the only one to take colour photographs in WWI.
    http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Gre...n_Color_00.htm
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    Here's another good collection, some are hand tinted and some are original colour

    http://www.greatwar.nl/

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    Wow, that's really cool. When did color photography first come into widespread use?
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    i doubt color photographs were available during the world war I era. how could this be possible? correct me if i'm wrong.
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    The first 'practical' use of colour plates came about with the Lumiere brothers invention of Autochrome plates in 1904, commercially useable in 1907.

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    Have you guys noticed the second picture looks like their action figures?

    Cool pics anyway thanks.

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    Fabulous.

    Parihaka,

    An excellent find.

    It is 0311 here or 3.11 AM and I was totally lost to the world and time seeing the pictures.

    I wish one could get all these pictures on a CD to buy.

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