France Photos
This wonderful collection of old photographs captures the history and culture of Paris, France during the late 1800's. These are restored photochrome prints that were colored using a unique process that gives these photos a 'hand-colored' feel to them. Nice views of old street scenes, towns and villages, and so much more. Photochrom or Photochrome is a colorizing process combining photography and color lithography. Photochrome may also refer to the modern age of color postcards in America. Photochrom is used to create a color print from a black and white photo negative, using between four and fourteen lithograph stones, made from rocklike substances, to colorize the print with several different inks. |
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1890s Paris Street Scene Place De La Colonne Vendome
$11.95 As low as: $8.95Photo shows street scene view of the Place Vendome in Paris France. Nice view of this monument and the courtyard around it with old horse drawn wagons riding by. The original photo dates to the late 1890's. Caption reads: "Paris Place de la colonne vendome".<BR><BR> A photochrome(or photochrom) is a color photo lithograph, produced from a black-and-white negative. The final prints were created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones. They almost have a hand colored effect to them which makes them very unique considering color photography didn't come around until many years later. Learn More -
1900s Gambettas Monument Paris France Photo Nice
$11.95 As low as: $8.95Photo shows Gambetta's monument in Paris France. Nice view of this historic monument in Paris, France. It was unveiled in April 1905 in honor of the great French statesman, Leon Gambetta. The original photo dates to the early 1900s. Caption reads: "Gambetta's Monument, Paris, France".<BR><BR> A photochrome(or photochrom) is a color photo lithograph, produced from a black-and-white negative. The final prints were created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones. They almost have a hand colored effect to them which makes them very unique considering color photography didn't come around until many years later. Learn More
