Colour photography was already well advanced in the late 19th century, but was prohibitively expensive. Around 1890 the Swiss company Orell Füssli developed the photochromy: the manual colouring of black and white negatives and printing by means of lithography stones. Photoshopping avant la lettre, a technique that became well known by the American Detroit Photographic Company, which produced a large number of photochromic postcards around 1900. From the first colour photos of France, we made a selection of 22 beautiful photochromic prints of cities and tourist attractions, from Calais to Marseille.
1. NICE, BLANCHISSEUSES
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2. STRAND VAN BIARRITZ
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3. BAYONNE
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4. RUE NATIONALE - MONTPELLIER
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5. PONT DES GORGES DU LOUP
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6. PLACE DES THERMES - AIX-LES-BAINS
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7. NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL - PARIS
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8. CASINO IN CALAIS
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9. FONTAINE DES TROIS GRACES - MONTPELLIER
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10. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1889 - PARIS
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11. MONTBLANC
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12. PARAME (NOW SAINT-MALO)
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13. LA PASSERELLE DU STEIR - QUIMPER (BRETAGNE)
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14. QUAI DE LA JOILLETTE - MARSEILLE
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15. TOUR DU MONT-CHEVALIER - CANNES
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16. TROUVILLE - NORMANDY
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17. GARE LILLE-FLANDRE (LILLE)
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18. PORTE DES ALLEMANDS - METZ
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19. CAEN
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20. MUSEE DE CLUNY - PARIS
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21. CLERMONT-FERRAND (AUVERGNE)
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