100 year old COLOR photography from Russia

[nwoods]

This is really, really, REALLY cool.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun.

just a sample:

 

[mtsport03]

Wow. Thanks for posting this. The clarity of these photographs is amazing.

 

[Mr. Leary]

Wow. Thanks for posting this. The clarity of these photographs is amazing.

x2. They look like they were taken yesterday. :Wow1: