The world was actually in color during WWII

[Pickett Wilson]

Who would of thought, huh? 🙂

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...graph_n_2160432.html?1353360106#slide=1777797

 

[it'sawhat?]

thanks Pickett, here's one for kodachrome lovers http://pavelkosenko.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/4x5-kodachromes/

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Same goes for WW1....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/211833/thread/1088370788/Colour+WWI+photos+%28must+see!!%29



Plenty of Kodachromes from WW2 on shorpy.com too btw

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Same goes for WW1...."

Very cool. Are those Autochromes?

 

[kmallick]

This is awesome. Its always nice to see some old pictures and get amazed at the picture quality of the old shots. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Joosep]

Same goes for WW1....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/211833/thread/1088370788/Colour+WWI+photos+%28must+see!!%29



Plenty of Kodachromes from WW2 on shorpy.com too btw

Those are colorized.

 

[Lawrence Sheperd]

Same goes for WW1....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/211833/thread/1088370788/Colour+WWI+photos+%28must+see!!%29



Plenty of Kodachromes from WW2 on shorpy.com too btw

Strange, but my Chrome browser is throwing a malware warning for your referenced URL.

 

[Rogrund]

Those are colorized.

Actually, I believe they're Autochromes. But I could be wrong.

 

[daveleo]

Strange, but my Chrome browser is throwing a malware warning for your referenced URL.

me too ! ? ? ? ? ?

 

[Nicolai]

Strange, but my Chrome browser is throwing a malware warning for your referenced URL.

Same here.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Same goes for WW1...."

Very cool. Are those Autochromes?

Yes they are. 😎

Those are colorized.

No they're not


Another link with Autochromes posted here a few days ago:
http://www.vintag.es/2012/11/beautiful-autochromes-from-early-of.html

 

[Dwig]

...
Plenty of Kodachromes from WW2 on shorpy.com too btw

True, Shorpy is a great source. They have many of the same LC images that are in the HuffPost slide show referenced by the OP and Shorpy's are generally better corrected. Several in the HuffPost slide show are noticably off color. Check out: http://www.junipergallery.com/large_format_kodachromes

BTW, the first color photograph (3 separate color separation slides projected together) was demonstrated in 1851, before the US Civil War and commercially successful color processes pre-date WWI by decades.

 

[kshapero]

Some cool stuff here.

 

[Harry Lime]

http://www.reoiv.com/images/random/dadbandwandcolour.jpg