Spectacular postcards capture 1890s France in vibrant color

June 10, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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The Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero.

Image: Library of Congress

These postcards of France in the last years of the 19th century were created using the Photochrom process, a technique by which black-and-white photos were imbued with vibrant and lifelike color.

Invented in the 1880s by...

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