California in colour: Old photochrome prints turn back the clock on the Golden State
Postcard-perfect pictures vividly capture bygone days of the burgeoning West Coast's land of milk and honey.
The United States Library of Congress has released a trove of thousands of dazzling photocrome prints produced from around the world, including dozens that portray California as the Golden State--and green and pink and emerald green--that it truly is.
Produced between the 1890s to 1910s using the once-popular method for adding vivid color to what would otherwise black and white, these photocrome prints were a popular souvenir of their day.
Made in USA: Most of these images were created at the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. Pictured is the beach at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast in 1903
Bygone days: The U.S. Library of Congress released thousands of photochrome prints, including many from the bustling California of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, a man is seen with raisin drying racks in Southern California dated 1901
Times have changed: San Francisco wasn't always the booming tech mecca it is today. Pictured here is th Golden Gate Strait off off San Francisco in 1901
Diversity: California was booming in the early 20th century and its growing industries attracted immigrants from China and across Asia. Here, a Chinese family is pictured in 1898
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3161820/California-color-Old-forgotten-photochrome-prints-turn-clock-Golden-State.html
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Worth a click on the link. More nostalgic photos that make you long for the "Golden State" that once was.
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