These old color photos courtesy of the autochrome process may date to the early 1900s, but they don't look it one bit. Christina, the daughter of Autochrome photographer Mervyn O'Gorman, poses in a red cloak in order to be photographed by her father. Dorset, England. 1913.The Royal Photographic Society Collection/National Science and Media Museum/SSPL/Getty Images The daughter of Autochrome photographer Etheldreda Janet Laing poses in a kimono in order to be photographed by her mother. Read More...
These Vietnam War photos taken by U.S. Army photographers reveal a side of the conflict that few people have ever seen. After supplies and weapons were found in a Viet Cong tunnel network, a soldier burns a nearby hut used for rice storage by the Viet Cong. Bien Hoa. January 1966. Robert C. Lafoon/National Archives Two Viet Cong prisoners are led to an ARVN Command Outpost at Ha Tien. May 1970. Read More...
From Parisian flower sellers to Chinese monks, see what the world actually looked like a century ago with these striking autochrome images. Dancers and musicians from the Ouled Naïl tribe in Bou Saada, Algeria. Circa 1909-1911. Musée Albert Kahn Two young Christian women in Mosul, Iraq. 1927.Musée Albert Kahn A man in Quweira, Arabia (present-day Jordan). 1918.Musée Albert Kahn Children in Qanawat, Syria. 1921.Musée Albert Kahn Maharana Bhupal Singh, the crown prince of Mewar. Read More...
