[BGB] Passchendaele Color Photos

[Gregg Belevick]

Jeez. You'd think you work for a camera company or something ;-D


>From: "GORDON BLISS" <gblisscdsg at msn.com>
>To: <Chnogueira at aol.com>, <bgb at battlegroupboston.org>, 
><pkenglish at charter.net>,<peter.mancini at gmail.com>, 
><jeffmoshier at sbcglobal.net>,<DSeanBarnett at aol.com>
>Subject: Re: [BGB] Passchendaele Color Photos
>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:42:08 -0500
>
>According to one of my references, there were color photography processes 
>in the early 1900s, including 1 invented in France in 1907. These were 
>cumbersome and/or complicated and only saw very limited use - they also 
>usually needed large format cameras, complicated multi-part filters, and 
>other cumbersome equipment. Large scale color photography started in 
>1935-36 with the introduction of Kodachrome and Agfacolor Neu
>
>Gordon
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>   Subject: Re: [BGB] Passchendaele Color Photos
>
>
>   In a message dated 7/16/2007 11:21:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>Chnogueira writes:
>     Very good. I wonder if these are old B&W's that were "colorized"? 
>Didn't think they had color film back then. Of course, I obviously could be 
>mistaken, not being a photography expert :-). At any rate, thanks for the 
>link, good stuff.
>   Carl, you're welcome.  I'm not sure whether they were entirely 
>colorized.  According to Wikipedia, some color photography was done before 
>WWI.
>
>   
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography>
>
>   Sean
>   dseanbarnett at aol.com<mailto:dseanbarnett at aol.com>
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