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Amazing full colour photos from the 40's

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Gareth

Gareth

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14 Rare Color Photos From the FSA-OWI | PDN Photo of the Day

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Theres something really strange about looking at these for me. The clarity is not what you associate with photos that far in the past and it kind of messes with my sense of time a bit. As is, time really isnt 'real' as we think of it in everyday life.
 
I doubt there is any touching up. Old photos frequently look amazingly life-like and detailed. People in old photos look as if they are going to get up any minute and walk straight into your life.

I don't know for sure why that is, I'm not a photographer. It probably is to do with the film used at the time, the lenses and cameras, exposure times, or a combination of those factors.

Modern photos don't come close, in terms of realism. So much for progress.
 
Here's your answer. I quote from the site:

"Certain is these photos were not “colorized”. All these photos were most likely shot on Kodachrome 25ASA-ISO color transparency film sheet (no roll) using a 4×5 Graflex Press or a medium format Graflex Century or Speed Graphic.
The dye couplers and emulsions used to imprint the polyester base “slide” Kodachrome were the sharpest, more color stable and fade resistant to date than any newer slide film made by Kodak or Fujichrome. Kodak used a process called K-14, a predecessor of the common E-6 slide processing rendering a unique look, deep contrast, salmon hued colors. Beautiful Stuff. They are Markers of an Era. (eg:Life Magazine covers). The drawback was their narrow latitude as any positive emulsion (easy to underexpose- One stop of forgiveness)."
 
the first pic of the Whinery family shows the walls of the house are lined with corrugated cardboard, do you notice the stove the boy is resting his arm on? I think it is a stove, anyway, imagine having that lit in the colder months and trying to keep your kids from burning themselves, and worrying about your house catching fire because of all the paper insulation...

wonder where they are now?
 
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