Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Colorized - PHOTOCHROMES From Early American Photos

This is an incredible collection of tinted photochromes from the dawn of the 19th century hiding away in the Beinecke Rare Books And Manuscript Library

Published by the Detroit Photographic (which no longer exists), the firm’s photographers traveled the country snapping the sights of North America to be printed on postcards and sold to the public.





Ocklawaha River, Florida, 1902


Gold’s Curio Store, Santa Fe, New Mexico, circa 1897



Pulpit Terraces from Yellowstone National Park circa 1898. 
They may have changed names to the Travertine terraces.





Glacier Point and South Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1898





The Lobby, Old Faithful Inn, 
Yellowstone Park, ca 1897, still open.





Navaho Woman Weaving a Blanket, 1902
Navaho lived in parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.




Interior of Corridors, Mission San Juan Capistrano,1906 
in Southern California, below Irvine.





Old Caretaker at Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1897





California grapefruit, 1902



The Arcade, Cleveland, 1901





Glen Afton Spring, near Pen Mar Park, 1903
Maryland



The Old South Church, Boston, 1900.
The second oldest church building in Boston, built in 1729




St. Charles Street, New Orleans, 1900 








Old French Courtyard, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903



Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway 1897-1924. 
It was “the grandest scenic trip on earth - 
champagne and caviar served."
In Los Angeles, CA



Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, c. 1902



The Giant’s Club and Kettle, Green River, Utah, 1898



Crevasse Formation in Illecillewaet Glacier, 
Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, circa 1902



Pack Trail Ready for Mines, Colorado, 1904



Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, from the Ruins, 1904. 
The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans  is located in Mesa Verde
Colorado    -      History



Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, 1901





The Glory of Azaleas, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley,  South Carolina, 1901



Temple Square, Salt Lake, 1898. 
Built as a Mormon temple in 1847,  the Temple is owned by 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints





Salt Air Pavilion, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1901. 
Burned down in 1925


Box Canyon, Ouray, Colorado, 1904.



Sutro Baths, San Francisco, 1900. Built in 1896. 
The facility burned down in June 1966.


Carmel Bay near Monterey, California, 1900





South View, Hotel del Coronado, California, 1899. 
Still open for business by the sea



Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California, 1902. 
The world’s first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory




The Cliff House, San Francisco, California. 1899. 
Boasting the best views in San Francisco.
The Second Cliff  house to be burned down - in Sept 1907





The Boardwalk, Atlantic City, 1900





Home of Rip Van Winkle in Sleepy Hollow, 
Catskill Mountains, 1902
New York



A Monday washing, New York City, 1900


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