Comments on: Incredible! http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:04:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: incognito http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9458 incognito Sun, 27 Feb 2005 08:37:10 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9458 Thanks Chel. Stunningly beautiful pictures of turn of the century Russia. Thanks Chel. Stunningly beautiful pictures of turn of the century Russia.

]]> By: Jonathan http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9457 Jonathan Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:36:12 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9457 Looking at these photos a second time I notice a bias toward bright summer days that I suspect were not typical. One does not get quite the impression of mud and bleakness that is common in B&W photos from the same period, and I don't think that's entirely because of the color. Maybe the color equipment's limitations made it useable on only the brightest dry days. The old Russian color photos have a similar appearance. Looking at these photos a second time I notice a bias toward bright summer days that I suspect were not typical. One does not get quite the impression of mud and bleakness that is common in B&W photos from the same period, and I don’t think that’s entirely because of the color. Maybe the color equipment’s limitations made it useable on only the brightest dry days. The old Russian color photos have a similar appearance.

]]> By: chel http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9456 chel Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:13:21 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9456 Check out this Library of Congress exhibit: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/" rel="nofollow">Link</a> I especially like the ones in the "Ethnic Diversity" link. Check out this Library of Congress exhibit:

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I especially like the ones in the “Ethnic Diversity” link.

]]> By: Sean http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9455 Sean Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:20:09 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9455 Yes there was colour photography and yes these are from WWI. Must be after 1914 scince the French have given up their red trousers. I saw these photos many months ago via Last of the Famous International Playboys. <a href="http://lastofthefamous.blogspot.com/2004/10/color-photos-of-french-army-from-great.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a> The French weren't the only ones doing colour photography. There is an extensive pre-revolutionary Russia archive as well as a few photos of British and American origin. The French archive seems to be the largest of them. And the quality of the photos is simply something to be marveled at. Apparently the technique involved using various dyed potato mashes. Also available at [<a href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/" rel="nofollow">Link</a>]. Easy to navigate if you can read French. Yes there was colour photography and yes these are from WWI. Must be after 1914 scince the French have given up their red trousers. I saw these photos many months ago via Last of the Famous International Playboys.

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The French weren’t the only ones doing colour photography. There is an extensive pre-revolutionary Russia archive as well as a few photos of British and American origin. The French archive seems to be the largest of them. And the quality of the photos is simply something to be marveled at. Apparently the technique involved using various dyed potato mashes.

Also available at [Link]. Easy to navigate if you can read French.

]]> By: nash http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9454 nash Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:38:17 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9454 There was a show on the History Channel based on what they claimed was color film footage from WWI. I don't know if it was true or a gimmick, but the colors looked funny to me, sort of like the colorized version of Ted Turner's black and white movies. There was a show on the History Channel based on what they claimed was color film footage from WWI. I don’t know if it was true or a gimmick, but the colors looked funny to me, sort of like the colorized version of Ted Turner’s black and white movies.

]]> By: ginny http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9453 ginny Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:00:43 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9453 Thanks. (I'm going to forward these to the guys that teach WWI--they will love them.) Thanks. (I’m going to forward these to the guys that teach WWI–they will love them.)

]]> By: Jonathan http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9452 Jonathan Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:45:14 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9452 Fabulous, thanks. Fabulous, thanks.

]]> By: incognito http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9451 incognito Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:14:55 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9451 Great photos, thanks for sharing. Great photos, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Lex http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9450 Lex Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:03:16 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9450 Here are <a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/captured/french/empire.asp" rel="nofollow">some more</a>. Here are some more.

]]> By: Lex http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/2891.html/comment-page-1#comment-9449 Lex Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:56:16 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/002891.php#comment-9449 There were color photos taken ten years before World War I. It was expensive and uncommon, but there is no doubt color photography being done at the time. There were color photos taken ten years before World War I. It was expensive and uncommon, but there is no doubt color photography being done at the time.

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