The Autochrome Lumière was an early color photography process patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France and first marketed in 1907. Autochrome was an additive color “mosaic screen plate” process. It was the principal color photography process in use before the advent of subtractive color film in the mid-1930s.
Prior to the Lumière brothers, Louis Ducos du Hauron utilized the separation technique to create colour images on paper with screen plates, producing natural colours through superimposition, which would become the foundation of all commercial colour photography. Descendants of photographer Antoine Lumière, inventors Louis and Auguste Lumière utilized Du Hauron’s (1869) technique, which had already been improved upon by other inventors such as John Joly (1894) and James William McDonough (1896), making it possible to print photographic images in colour. One of the most broadly used forms of colour photography in the early twentieth century, autochrome was recognized for its aesthetic appeal. (Wikipedia)
A Hopi Indian and his burro stand at the edge of a high mesa. 1916Shasta, California – A woman stands at the edge of a pond observing the view. 1916Portrait of a Hopi Indian holding one of the baskets she has made. 1916A woman and child do laundry outside in Sperryville, Virginia. 1926Virginia – a girl poses with corn and pumpkins during corn harvest. 1926Three men stand in front of a plane on the Crow Reservation. Montana, 1927A Native American family relaxes inside their tipi. Montana, 1927A chief on the Crow Indian Reservation. Montana, 1927Stowe, Vermont – Two women look west from the village of Stowe at Mount Mansfield. 1927Bennington, Vermont – Two people stand among white birches in the Battenkill Valley. 1927People enjoy the falls of a brook during a warm summer day. 1927Washington, D.C. – A scenic fall view of the capitol. 1927Crow Indian Reservation, Montana – Men stand at the site of the monument to the Seventh Cavalry. 1927San Antonio, Texas – Cowboys and riders sit along a fence at the Rodeo. 1928Fort Worth, Texas – Three young women attend a rodeo. 1928San Antonio, Texas – A trick rider poses with her blue pony at the rodeo. 1928Galveston, Texas – Men load storage bins with sulfur on the docks. 1928Galveston, Texas – A man shovels sulfur in storage bins on the docks. 1928Hopi Indian Reservation – Two men stand by a car in a field looking at the nearby canyons. 1929Arizona – Dude ranch guests pretend to be cowboys. 1929Ohio – People walk through stands at a Loundonville fair. 1929Ohio – Four women stand beside an apple stand at a fair in Loundonville. 1929New Orleans, Louisiana – A boy sits on a barrel outside a brewery in the French Quarter. 1929A woman sits outside the doorway of the Absinthe House in New Orleans. 1929New Orleans, Louisiana – A view of galleries in the French Quarter. 1929New Orleans, Louisiana – A woman sitting on stone steps in The French Quarter sells pralines. 1929New Orleans, Louisiana – A vendor sells pralines in the French Quarter. 1929New Orleans, Louisiana – Children gather by a vendor selling “snowball” treats. 1929Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota – Boys pose outside a sod roof house. 1929Fort Worth, Texas – A cowgirl shows her sister how to handle the ropes. 1929Columbus, Ohio – A view of the high street in Columbus’ business district. 1929Manhattan, New York City – A view of Washington Square. 1929New York City – A view of Washington Square at Fifth Avenue. 1929New York State – A group of students relaxes on the terrace at Cornell University. 1929Atlantic City, New Jersey – A panoramic view of the beaches, piers and hotels along the boardwalk. 1929Ashtabula, Ohio – Coastguardsmen go out in their boat. 1929Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Four tour guides of the Gettysburg battlefield wait for tourists. 1929Louisiana – Four children cultivate cotton in a field. 1930Manhattan, New York City – The sixty-story Woolworth Building in New York’s skyline stands tall. 1930Miami Beach, Florida – A group of people sunbathe and look out on the ocean. 1930Washington, D.C. – A woman looks at fruit from a vendor in front of the U.S. Capital. 1930St. Petersburg, Florida – Six women sit on the beach with the water behind them. 1930Washington, D.C. – A group of kids looks at an elephant in the National Zoo. 1930Atlantic City, New Jersey – Life guards of the Beach Patrol push a boat into the water. 1930Miami Beach, Florida – Crowds form at a pool for a swim competition. 1930New York City – A view of the Hudson River. 1930New York City – An aerial view of Manhatttan. 1930Manhattan, New York City – Commuters stop to look at hardware for sale along downtown streets. 1930
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