The World In The 1890s Through 12 Glorious Photos – Design You Trust — Design Daily Since 2007

The World In The 1890s Through 12 Glorious Photos

Photochromes are vibrant and nuanced prints hand-colored from black-and-white negatives. Created using a process pioneered in the 1880s, these images offer a fascinating insight into the world when color photography was still in its infancy.

Women in Algeria, 1899

Photochrome is a method of producing colored images from black-and-white negatives, allowing color pictures to be created before color photography became available. The process was developed in the 1880s by the Swiss chemist Hans Jakob Schmid.

Creating a photochrome involved taking detailed notes on the colors present in the photographed scene, and then hand-coloring the negative…

h/t: vintag.es, theguardian

The Praça da Ribeira in Porto, Portugal, circa 1903

Lauterbrunnen and the Staubbach waterfall, Switzerland, circa 1900

Mosque of El-Zituna in Tunis, Tunisia, 1896

The Rhine Falls, Switzerland, circa 1890

Farmers in Guria, Georgia, 1904

Landing off the coast of Algiers, Algeria, 1896

Street food in the Strada del Porto in Naples, Italy, 1899

Schaffhausen and the Munot, Switzerland, 1893

Camel drivers in the desert, 1895

Water-pipe smokers in front of a coffee house in Istanbul, Turkey, 1897

Alley in the old town of Biskra, Algeria, circa 1900

If you want more awesome content, subscribe to Design You Trust Facebook page.

More Inspiring Stories

"Been on More Roofs than Santa Claus"

Moody And Cinematic Street Photography By Alex Fernández

Luxury and Decay: Atmospheric Abandoned Ruins in Photographs by Thomas Jorion

See How the Hollywood Sign Has Changed from between the 1920s and 1970s

A Mysterious And Abandoned Fishing Village Outside Of Budapest Captured In Perfect Reflection

Amazing Vintage Photos Of Badass Women Riding Their Choppers

Artist Replaces Billboards With Photos Of The Landscapes They’re Blocking

Jungle Book Cast Photos Pair Actors With Animals

GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015

Beautiful And Never Seen Vintage Soviet 'Antonov' Plane Ads

Breathtaking Adventure Winners from the 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards

Amazing Behind the Scenes Photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, 1984

The Surreal And Beautiful Photography Of Tokyo's Levitating Girl

Photographer Captures Rare Ethereal Heavenly Clouds In Siberia

Snapshots Of Stripteasers From The 1980s At Downtown Los Angeles Venues

This beautiful Japan

Winners Of The Travel Photography Contest 2022 By The Independent Photographer

Photographer Exposes The Truth Behind His 'Perfect' Photos

Beautiful Photos of Teenage Uma Thurman as a Model From the Mid-1980s

2013 World Architecture Festival

A Teenager’s Photos of 1970s Brooklyn NYC: Led Zeppelin, The El, snow and All the President's Men

Awesome Behind The Scenes Photos From The Making Of "Halloween"

Dog Owners Are Buying Vintage Cars For Their Lazy Pets And I’m Getting To Photograph Them

Photographer Andrei Mihai Captures The Little Ballerina Levitating On The Streets Of Bucharest

Fascinating Satellite Photos of Seaweed Farms in South Korea

Stunning Vintage Photographs Of The Early Teen Bicycle Messengers In 1908-1917

Beautiful Retro & Romance Fashion Photography By Jerry Schatzberg

tck tck tck Global Campaign for Climate Action

Stunning Photos Of Cyndi Lauper At Coney Island For Her Album “She’s So Unusual” In 1983

This Year's Incredible British Ecological Society Photography Competition Winners