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Sunday, July 19, 2015

NOSTALGIA - CALIFORNIA PHOTOS FROM 1890 TO 1910 IN COLOR - The way the Golden State used to be more than a hundred years ago

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Old forgotten photochrome prints turn back the clock on the Golden State

Ford it! Photochrome was to add color to prints before color photography was widely available. Here, a wagon fords the Santa Inez River in 1898
A wagon fords the Santa Inez River in 1898

The United States Library of Congress has released a trove of thousands of dazzling photocrome prints produced from around the world, including dozens that portray California as the Golden State.
 
Produced between the 1890s to 1910s using the once-popular method for adding vivid color to what would otherwise black and white, these photocrome prints were a popular souvenir of their day.
 
As such, the postcard-perfect snapshots of yesteryear feature all things California: its sea lion guarded rugged coast, stately missions, ethnic diversity and cornucopia of agriculture.
 
See more color images of old California

 
Made in USA: Most of these images were created at the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. Pictured is the beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast in 1903
The beach at Avalon, Catalina Island
off the Southern California coast in 1903
 
Simpler time: Golden Gate is seen here from Berkeley Heights in 1898, forty years before the iconic Golden Gate Bridge would become synonymous with the Northern California city
Golden Gate BEFORE the bridge.
Golden Gate is seen here from Berkeley Heights in 1898, forty years before the iconic Golden Gate Bridge would become synonymous with the Northern California city

Looking to the stars: The Lick Observatory outside San Jose is pictured here in 1902. The observatory still stands atop Mt. Hamilton today
Looking to the stars: The Lick Observatory outside San Jose is pictured here in 1902. The observatory still stands atop Mt. Hamilton today

Old building: Mission Dolores in San Francisco is seen here in 1898. The mission still stands and is San Francisco oldest building
Old building: Mission Dolores in San Francisco is seen here in 1898. The mission still stands and is San Francisco oldest building

Precipice: Glacier Point and South Dome are pictured in the Yosemite Valley as men stand at a precipice, 1898
Precipice: Glacier Point and South Dome are pictured in the Yosemite Valley as men stand at a precipice, 1898

Bygone days: The U.S. Library of Congress released thousands of photochrome prints, including many from the bustling California of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, a man is seen with raisin drying racks in Southern California dated 1901
Man drying raisins in Southern California in 1901

Vivid: Photochrome prints were a popular souvenir of their day. Pictured is the Spring House in Shasta Springs, California in 1898
The Spring House in Shasta Springs in 1898

Diversity: California was booming in the early 20th century and its growing industries attracted immigrants from China and across Asia. Here, a Chinese family is pictured in 1898
Chinese family in California in 1898
California was booming in the early 20th century and its growing industries attracted immigrants from China and across Asia. 

Scenic: Seen here are Mossbrae Falls, pictured 1899. The scenic falls are in Dunsmuir, California, near the state's northern border with Oregon
Scenic: Seen here are Mossbrae Falls, pictured 1899. The scenic falls are in Dunsmuir, California, near the state's northern border with Oregon


Times have changed: San Francisco wasn't always the booming tech mecca it is today. Pictured here is th Golden Gate Strait off off San Francisco in 1901
Pictured here is the Golden Gate Strait off off San Francisco in 1901 before the famous Golden Gate Bridge was built.
Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3161820/California-color-Old-forgotten-photochrome-prints-turn-clock-Golden-State.html

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