With my penchant for history and especially photographs of history, these photographs gripped my imagination. The technique used was rudimentary as it involved manually adding colour to black and white negatives. Foremost amongst the question that I would like to ask, is how long it took to colourise one B&W photo.
Main picture: Bridge and Promenade, Bedford
According to Telegraph Travel:
The following images show English cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in colour. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees colour manually added to black-and-white negatives. The Swiss firm licensed the process to other companies such as the Detroit Photographic Company in the US and the Photochrom Company of London. The following images are among the most striking produced during the period…

Brighton

Brixham, Devon

High Street, Exeter, Devon

Honister Pass, The Lake District

Kitchen Bridge, St. John’s College, Cambridge

Market hall in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co.’s factory, Dartford

New Road, Boscastle, Cornwall

Old post office, Lee, Devon

Unknown location

Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, Yorkshire

Royal Military College cricket grounds, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey

Saint Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

Shrewsbury

Southwold, Suffolk

St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol

The Bayle Gate, Bridlington, Yorkshire

The Cross and Rows, Chester, Cheshire

The cross, Lydney, Gloucestershire

The Gap, Margate

The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

The Tower, Newton Abbot, Devon

The Winnets, Castleton, Derbyshire

Ventnor, Isle of Wight

Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire

Windsor Castle

York Gate, Broadstairs
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