The following images show Scottish cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in color. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees color manually added to black and white negatives.
The process was extremely time-consuming and required painstaking attention to detail, but the result was color postcards which captured the cities, moors, and ruined castles of Scotland with an impressive degree of verisimilitude, particularly at a time when true color photography was just being developed.
The Sands, DumfriesHigh Street, DumfriesCastle Street and municipal buildings, AberdeenCathedralSt. Enoch’s StationThe bridgeGeorge SquareHigh Street, HawickUnion Terrace, AberdeenTeighness, ArrocharFrom Craigcoynach, BallaterHenderson Street West, Bridge of AllanFrom south, CreiffTempland Bridge, CumnockHigh Street, DumbartonLincluden Abbey, DumfriesSweetheart Abbey, DumfriesThe Lochan, DunoonEast Bay, DunoonEdinburgh from the castleHolyrood Palace, EdinburghPrincess Street and castle from Scott’s MonumentPrincess Street and Calton HillPrincess Street, the castle, and Scott MonumentEntrance to Glen Nevis, Fort WilliamKennedy’s Pass, GirvanUniversity, GlasgowEsplanade from west, HelensburghCathedral and castle from the Ness, InvernessIrvine from the riverThe cross, KilmarnockBannatyne, Kyles of ButeHotel and Ben Lui, Loch AweTarlair, MacduffGeneral view, ObanPort Patrick from the southwestThe beach, PortobelloEast Bay, RothsayGeneral view, Sma GlenStirling, from Abbey CraigOld bridge, StirlingGeneral view, Stonehaven
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