“Ah no, not this old stuff,” we often whine on seeing the old black and white photographs because they were quite boring, to be honest, and missed all the aesthetics before 1907. However, two French brothers called Auguste, and Louis Lumière revolutionized all the hard work of color photography with a game-changing process that they called the Autochrome Lumière. The technique completely transformed the world of photography by giving grounds to many modern advances in photographic technology. Scroll on to see our compiled list of the oldest color photos that show the real side of what our world looked like 100 years ago. Enjoy peeps!
#2 Flower Street Vendor, Paris, 1914
#3 Heinz And Eva On The Hillside, 1925
#4 Sisters Sitting In A Garden Tying Roses Together, 1911
#5 Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1914
#6 Daydreams, 1909
#7 Musing (Mrs. A. Van Besten), C. 1910
#8 The Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1914
#9 A Girl Holds A Doll Next To Soldiers’ Equipment In Reims, France, 1917
#10 The Grenata Street Army, 1915
#11 Among The First Coloured Pictures Ever Taken By Louis Lumière, 1907
#12 Two Girls On A Balcony, 1908
#13 Young Girl Amidst Marguerites, C. 1912
#14 Air Balloons, Paris, 1914
#15 Charlie Chaplin, 1918
#16 Autochrome Of Mark Twain, 1908
#17 Christina In Red, 1913
#18 Outdoor Market, Paris, 1914
#19 Woman Smoking Opium, 1915
#20 Two Girls In Oriental Costume, 1908
#21 Van Besten Painting In His Garden, 1912
#22 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mostar, 1913
#23 Eva And Heinz On The Shore Of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, C. 1927
#24 Girl In A Garden With Hollyhocks, 1908
#25 Sweden, Near Gagnef (Mother And Daughter In Traditional Clothes), 1910
#26 Else Reading By The Nile, 1920
#27 Woman And Girl By A Brook, 1910
#28 Family Portrait At Roannay, Belgium, 1913
#29 The Neptune Fountain, Cheltenham, 1910
#30 An Autochrome Of Two Sisters, 1908
#31 Apan (Young Samurai), 1912
#32 Autochrome Of Else Paneth On A Camel, 1913
#33 Japan, Kyoto, 1912
#34 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 1912
#35 Mother Of Seven Making Fringes For Knitted Shawls, Galway, Ireland, 29 May 1913
#36 Louis Lumière’s Daughter And Her Dolls, 1913
#37 Lanchester 38hp Tourer, 1913
#38 Porte Saint Denis, Paris, 1914
#39 Joan In Red Riding Hood Cape With Basket, 1907
#40 Autochrome Of A Young Girl, 1910
Next post Back to Top