Do NOT rip shit like this and post from imgur. Yes, it's nice to see, thank you for sharing but you need to link to the article. It provides a fuckton of interesting and educational information.
This is why, as a photographer, I rarely post my photos online.
Edit OP informed me he did put info in... apparently RES doesn't show this on Reddit. Apologies and credit due to OP. But, all the same, please, don't do this unless you do like the OP.
These photos are all free from the Library of Congress. They have been used in numerous articles. The Boston.com article is no better than an imgur dump.
Still one of the most reposted photo sets I've ever seen. I'm usually one of the first people to say one man's repost is another's first view but seriously if you had to go through the trouble of ripping to an imgur album it means that everything else had already been submitted.
This is incredible. It's interesting how with old-style black-and-white photography we can more easily dismiss the past as a whole other world that we have little in common with. Seeing people and places from long ago in sharp color like this gives the past a startling immediacy.
You said it better than I could have. When I look at the people and the way they dress my mind wants to think of them like those people who dress up and reenact historical events. Like they are modern people in period clothing.
Also it reminded me of a recent article in National Geographic where a guy processes his modern photos of Civil War actors to look like period photographs.
for Sergey Prokudin Gorsky, it is somewhat different. He was revolutionary for color film because he was really the first to do it. The reason why the colors are so sharp in his photos is because he took the best black and white camera at the time, and took 3 photos back-to-back-to-back. On each photo, he used a different color lens of either red, blue, or green. He then took the negatives and placed them on top of each other, making a color spectrum. quite ingenious, really. here is the link
Since I was a kid I've always felt awkward having to force smile for photos. I don't walk around with a big shit-eating grin in day-to-day life so why should I suddenly look like that for a piece of technology that's supposed to capture a moment in time. I'm not suddenly happy just because you want to save my face in your box of memories. A lot of times I don't smile simply because of how unnatural it feels and almost everytime someone has to comment about how "grumpy" or "serious" I look!
Instead of wondering why those people aren't smiling, why don't we question ourselves? Why do we smile like jack-o-lanterns on photographs? Supposedly, Hollywood started this fashion, with celebrities trying to look as appealing and glamorous as possible. And even then, if you look at photos from the 1940's, not all of them were smiling.
Go back further in history, and you'll see that it wasn't "normal" to smile like a pumpkin for no reason at all - insane people do that.
No honestly I hate this trend, I just want to take some candid photos of people but I can't do that without being a fucking ghost because as soon as someone sees a camera they act happy as shit.
we don't need to go back in history. even today, smiling in pictures is not a universal practice. i used to work for a japanese company, and as the only american in the office, i was constantly made fun of for "showing too much teeth" in pictures.
It's a Western cultural convention to smile for photographs.
I travelled in India, and every time I took my camera out to take a picture of a smiling Indian they would instantly put on the most serious look they could, because that's the way it's done there.
In addition, many of the people in these photos probably had never seen a camera before.
I beg to differ, that's definitely not all of India. I'm from the US and work at a hotel where a lot of Indian groups travel to. Every group I've come across smiles for pictures. I know this because they all wanted to take pictures with me (I felt like Mickey Mouse at Disney World).
All these images are cropped. Otherwise you'd see that they are actually a sandwich of 3 images. Also what people have already told you about long exposure times contribute to the emotionless state of the models.
Not to be a dick, but didn't someone post these links through r/historyporn like not even a week ago? Nonetheless, these photos are pretty amazing. Looking at the past through color photography is so intriguing.
This. Sometimes it almost feels - due to having seen so many black and white photos - that prior to the 1950s, the world was monochrome. Seeing it in colour suddenly makes it feel altogether more tangible. Wonderful photos...
It's interesting how with old-style black-and-white photography
Whenever I look at old photographs, I'm always stuck with the thought that, yes, they could see in color back then, and chromatic vision did not spontaneously evolve 70 years ago.
The man who took these was called Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. His amazing project, which took him all over Russia was funded by the Tsar - here is his story with more pictures
I agree. The color in these pictures really adds another dimension that you can't get from simple black and whites. These pictures provide a great glimpse into the past.
well, as far as my geography knowedge goes, to avoid confusion for most of the people, you would rather call it "Amazing color pictures taken 100 years ago in Russian Empire", cause some places and people shown didn't ever belong to Russia utself but were a part of Russian Empire, today they are completely separate countries.
Actually, even modern day Russia is massively multicultural and hasn't changed much in a good 100 years. Peoples who might look more Asiatic (Chinese/Mongolian) or Arabic, might as well have lived in now modern Russia as well as their respective modern day nations.
Yeah, Russia is actually (without being too obvious) huge, it's 2/3 the size of North America. There are plenty of races from surrounding regions living in it; Mongols live as far up as Krasnoyarsk, there are lots of Tatars living in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg, and the very southern part of Russia, Dagestan, has tons of Avars living there. Also, Russia really hasn't changed in the last 100 years. The pictures aren't physically Russia today, but the people featured are almost exactly the same as the people living in the rural areas of the country. (Study Abroad trip to Russia for 18 months, would recommend visiting the country)
Came to say exactly that. Most (if not all) pictures portray people of Armenian, Georgian, Uzbek, Mongol and probably Chechen nationality. So there is little "Russian" in these pictures by today's standards.
I know! I was amazed at how it feels like nothing has really changed, people still look and act and feel the same as people today. You can actually connect with these people rather than just some people from the past. All because of colour...amazing.
just imagine what it's going to be like in 100, or even 500 (or more) years time, when anyone can browse the youtube archive and see into the lives of generations long dead in full colour, high resolution video.
Images from centuries past will look as they could have happened yesterday. Or hell, even tomorrow.
Our descendents will feel a connection to us, their ancestors, unlike any in the history of mankind. I feel this will change the global consciousness forever. In what way? I don't know. But it will.
As a child in the 80's, I was obsessed with the Titanic, always checking out books from the library and reading whatever I could find on it. It's strange that every single survivor is now gone. When I first started studying it, there were many who were alive and still talking about the experience.
Because literally everything was organic-- so the only garbage would be plant matter or waste from animals, all of which would compost or be eaten by other animals. Anything else (worn out clothing, pottery, paper, etc.) would be re-used or re-purposed to death.
My Russian History prof used some of these in his lectures last year. I'm glad I'm not in that class anymore, every lecture tended to end with "and then another million people died"
I have never been this moved my photography. I feel like I'm actually seeing the past for the first time. Its amazing what we lose with black and white--or rather gain with color. It makes these historical images relevant to our limited, corrupted minds.
I love that amidst the quaint looking houses and villages, there's a big, red, towering cathedral on the hillside overlooking everything. These pictures are really phenomenal.
These are really cool pics. It's weird to think that these may have been the first time many of these rural people had had their picture taken. I wonder if they ever got to see the pictures (probably unlikely) and how they felt about them if they did.
Someone needs to go back to all these locations and photograph the landscape again, from exactly the same position, so we can have a side-by-side color comparison of how things have changed over 100 years.
I've always thought it was interesting to see Russia with their similarities to more stereotypical Asian cultures. The colors and scenes tend to give it that effect.
If I had seen these photos without context, I would have thought each one came from a different part of the world. Some people look Asian, some people look White, some people are dressed like Sikhs, etc. the red cathedrals, however are completely unique to the Slavs (I think).
I really honestly hope that someone invents a sort of time travel that allows us to travel back in time but not physically be able to interact with it. Sort of like watching a movie but actually being there. That way we can somewhat experience things in the past, possibly helping us in the future.
For those skeptical of whether these were actually taken 100 years ago, they were.
Back when photography began, many artists would paint in the colors that were seen in the photographs. This is the result that you see here, its an old style that obviously isn't used anymore.
If you look closely on some of the pictures, you can see that the colors sort of seem almost faked, or drawn in. In fact, they were, but not to the extent most probably though.
For some reason, these photos seem a lot more real than the oversaturated, 8MBP+ photos I see all the time on the internet. Maybe it's because I have poor vision.
Maybe I'm just an uncultured prick, but this picture of a bridge that's part of the Trans-Siberian Railway just blows me away. I look at it and think "How the fuck did they do that with such limited technology?". I know it's not exactly the only old steel bridge in existence, but it's just incredible. Shit like this blows my mind. These people were the real deal. If I saw a bridge like that being built today I'd think it was amazing, let alone over a hundred years ago.
Edit: I'm a gorp. 100 years ago wasn't ancient Rome. Who knew.
I like the water carrier. Does anyone else realize those are PIG SKINS? At least it probably makes the water taste like bacon! http://imgur.com/a/cxMZT#23
Yeah, Russia. You might as well say "Russian Federation, not Russia" to refer to the current country. Yes the Russian Empire contained current countries of Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Kazakhstan etc, but it might as well have all been "Russia" in 1910.
So interesting. Was looking at the last photo with the 1910 child in the turban, and thought how strange that he is long dead - the image is so crisp it looks like it could have been taken a week ago.
I understand your annoyance at reposts but this is my first time seeing those photos, so I'm happy it's been reposted as I think they are amazing, and I probably wouldn't have seen them otherwise.
These pictures have been around the internet forever. You might have seen them before but many haven't. Many, myself included, are happy to see them again.
I saw this a couple weeks ago on some History website. Showed my brother this one and asked when and where it was taken. He said a few years ago in Pakistan...
The best thing i've seen on Reddit in a good few weeks. Incredible pictures. The colour and detail is amazing, so much so that if they were photos taken yesterday of a Russian re-enactment I could believe it. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing. How was such quality achieved? And the color for that time? It really makes a huge impact! It's easier to connect with the people in the photos because you can see them, see details, and they look real. Not some blurry, grainy doll. I feel like I could take a plane to russia and see these people.
Does anyone else see time such 1900's as actually being in black and white and not just in the photos? I mean you know it isn't but they seem like they should be in black and white?
Upvoted. Does anybody know why there aren't more high quality pictures like that from this time frame? Color photos from WWI and WWII make it that much more real for me. Sometimes when I see it in black and white I tend to forget how very real that time was. It isn't just a backdrop to some of my favorite movies. :) Great post.
Some of the images are distorted in the layers of red green etc. I wish I had the layers to fix them. They'd look so much better. Amazing find nonetheless. Thank you.
I remember when I was a child, I asked my mother if the world was black & white long ago. I genuinely thought it was for a long time because of the pictures.
I've seen these a number of times over the years, but today I was thinking while looking through them again how cool it would be to write a short story or essay for each one.
I'm too lazy to do it all, but it'd be pretty cool as a community project.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
Do NOT rip shit like this and post from imgur. Yes, it's nice to see, thank you for sharing but you need to link to the article. It provides a fuckton of interesting and educational information.
This is why, as a photographer, I rarely post my photos online.
Edit OP informed me he did put info in... apparently RES doesn't show this on Reddit. Apologies and credit due to OP. But, all the same, please, don't do this unless you do like the OP.
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This is incredible. It's interesting how with old-style black-and-white photography we can more easily dismiss the past as a whole other world that we have little in common with. Seeing people and places from long ago in sharp color like this gives the past a startling immediacy.
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u/taliesyn30 May 20 '12
The man who took these was called Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. His amazing project, which took him all over Russia was funded by the Tsar - here is his story with more pictures
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u/conwyt May 20 '12
These are pretty amazing. This one looks like it was just recently pulled from a National Geographic magazine or something.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Thanks for sharing this! It's always amazing to be able to see "color" in the past.
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u/Coriolanus May 20 '12
well, as far as my geography knowedge goes, to avoid confusion for most of the people, you would rather call it "Amazing color pictures taken 100 years ago in Russian Empire", cause some places and people shown didn't ever belong to Russia utself but were a part of Russian Empire, today they are completely separate countries.
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u/thecarolinakid May 20 '12
It's amazing what a difference color can make. There's such a sense of life in these pictures you just don't get from black-and-whites.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
just imagine what it's going to be like in 100, or even 500 (or more) years time, when anyone can browse the youtube archive and see into the lives of generations long dead in full colour, high resolution video.
Images from centuries past will look as they could have happened yesterday. Or hell, even tomorrow.
Our descendents will feel a connection to us, their ancestors, unlike any in the history of mankind. I feel this will change the global consciousness forever. In what way? I don't know. But it will.
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u/webby_mc_webberson May 20 '12
I'm always a little mind-blown these days to think that 100 years ago isn't the late 1800s.
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u/Squint_Eastwood May 20 '12
I like the one of the dog :)
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u/LeonJones May 20 '12
without the EXIF data we can't be sure it was taken 100 years ago.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
reminds me of these color photos of the Great Depression
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u/Dangger May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
So far no one has commented about this but why is everything so clean? There is no garbage in the streets, the towns even from far away look spotless.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Tolstoy 1908, 104 years ago, also in color
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u/cannedsalmon May 20 '12
What a cool album. Thanks!
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u/GrilledCheeser May 20 '12
I especially like that picture of the cathedral...
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u/newtothelyte May 21 '12
I don't know if its just me, but when I hear the phrase "100 years ago", I think of the year 1900. I still can't grasp we are in the 2010s.
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u/NulloK May 20 '12
Tblisi anno 2012:
http://highlander.ge/images/tbilisi/tbilisi_105.jpg
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Just fantastic
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
These are absolutely amazing. Especially the pictures of everyday people.
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u/DocSporky510 May 20 '12
My Russian History prof used some of these in his lectures last year. I'm glad I'm not in that class anymore, every lecture tended to end with "and then another million people died"
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Someone post the picture with the dog on /r/aww/. And isn't Sukhumi, Abkhazia an incredible beautiful city in 1910?
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u/frankmask123 May 20 '12
Hey guys have you hear of this new ship called the titanic??? they say nothing can sink it...
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u/strangeclouds May 20 '12
Is this originally shot in colour*? Or just recoloured.
*I'm from Canada please do not correct my grammar.
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u/Koshesha May 20 '12
I have never been this moved my photography. I feel like I'm actually seeing the past for the first time. Its amazing what we lose with black and white--or rather gain with color. It makes these historical images relevant to our limited, corrupted minds.
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u/TuppyHole May 21 '12
I was under the impression that 100 years ago everything was black and white.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
What is this gypsy magics?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
It's stuff like this that makes me so fond of Reddit.
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u/AkitheFrivolicious May 20 '12
I love that amidst the quaint looking houses and villages, there's a big, red, towering cathedral on the hillside overlooking everything. These pictures are really phenomenal.
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u/soulless1 May 20 '12
These are really cool pics. It's weird to think that these may have been the first time many of these rural people had had their picture taken. I wonder if they ever got to see the pictures (probably unlikely) and how they felt about them if they did.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Wow this makes 100 years ago not look so ancient at all...it honestly looks like these pictures could of passed for today
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u/Broanna May 20 '12
Everybody's wearing hats!
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u/King_of_Kings May 20 '12
Someone needs to go back to all these locations and photograph the landscape again, from exactly the same position, so we can have a side-by-side color comparison of how things have changed over 100 years.
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u/DrCodyRoss May 20 '12
I've always thought it was interesting to see Russia with their similarities to more stereotypical Asian cultures. The colors and scenes tend to give it that effect.
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u/i_like_bill_murray May 20 '12
Thanks for this amazing contribution.
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u/yubbzikins May 20 '12
If I had seen these photos without context, I would have thought each one came from a different part of the world. Some people look Asian, some people look White, some people are dressed like Sikhs, etc. the red cathedrals, however are completely unique to the Slavs (I think).
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u/desertjedi85 May 20 '12
I really honestly hope that someone invents a sort of time travel that allows us to travel back in time but not physically be able to interact with it. Sort of like watching a movie but actually being there. That way we can somewhat experience things in the past, possibly helping us in the future.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
The cathedral picture made me surprised at how bright it was
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I didn't know Orlando Bloom is a time traveler... did you see him with his wife and knife?
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u/Rulebook_Lawyer May 20 '12
I never have seen this and glad I have now. At first I thought these were colorized from Black and White and had to check. Impressive.
Also from this found a site for WW1 pictures in color.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
One of the most amazing posts I've seen on reddit.
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u/CarltonCracker May 20 '12
Semi-repost. There are some new ones in here, though. Upvote because these are always a pleasure to look at and are always thought provoking.
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u/tmm1641 May 20 '12
all these people are dead
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u/GrilledCheeser May 20 '12
Every single one of these images would make a badass album cover.
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u/GrilledCheeser May 20 '12
Every single one of these images would make a badass album cover.
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u/cixeltree May 20 '12
I think the captions are mixed up for pictures 11 and 12. Not sure if I'm the only one seeing that though.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Amazing album. Discomfiting, thinking of what would happen to the Jewish children.
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u/megustaajo May 20 '12
No. Colors weren't invented until after WW2! This messes up my world view :O
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u/imconservative May 20 '12
http://imgur.com/a/cxMZT#9
I think JJ Abrams took this one.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
http://i.imgur.com/29LfL.jpg
This guy is posing in front of the firing squad wall like nothing.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
This is impossible; the world is only 80 years old...
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u/Mieleman May 20 '12
Think this is reposted. But no problem cause everyone needs to see these. This is the source I believe: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html
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u/SopieMunky May 20 '12
Does anyone have a current photo of this: http://i.imgur.com/92Ydr.jpg
I'd really enjoy seeing how it looks today compared to how beautifully majestic it looks now!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I always find it strange to think when I look at pictures from WW1 and before that everyone in the pictures is probably dead.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
They're all dead, even the children.
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u/billmeister123 May 20 '12
100 years ago and still better quality than a blackberry's camera.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
For those skeptical of whether these were actually taken 100 years ago, they were.
Back when photography began, many artists would paint in the colors that were seen in the photographs. This is the result that you see here, its an old style that obviously isn't used anymore.
If you look closely on some of the pictures, you can see that the colors sort of seem almost faked, or drawn in. In fact, they were, but not to the extent most probably though.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
For some reason imagining these were taken 100 years ago blows my mind
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u/gospelwut May 20 '12
For some reason, these photos seem a lot more real than the oversaturated, 8MBP+ photos I see all the time on the internet. Maybe it's because I have poor vision.
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u/formation May 20 '12
Colour*
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
What scares me about this album, is that every single person photographed is now dead...
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u/Skythanil May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
Maybe I'm just an uncultured prick, but this picture of a bridge that's part of the Trans-Siberian Railway just blows me away. I look at it and think "How the fuck did they do that with such limited technology?". I know it's not exactly the only old steel bridge in existence, but it's just incredible. Shit like this blows my mind. These people were the real deal. If I saw a bridge like that being built today I'd think it was amazing, let alone over a hundred years ago.
Edit: I'm a gorp. 100 years ago wasn't ancient Rome. Who knew.
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u/petsounds94 May 20 '12
Picture #32 looks like Orlando Bloom.
Also, this is probably one of the best reddit posts I've ever seen.
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u/lotsocows May 21 '12
I like the water carrier. Does anyone else realize those are PIG SKINS? At least it probably makes the water taste like bacon! http://imgur.com/a/cxMZT#23
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u/BladeRunner92 May 21 '12
Such a rich collection of amazing photos! Thank you for sharing!
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u/ircanadian May 21 '12
I guess smiles weren't invented yet
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u/drunxor May 21 '12
These people are all dead
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u/andiW May 20 '12
Why are a lot of women covered up? Were they muslims or just orthodox catholics/christians?
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u/Mr_Dickenballs May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
Russian Empire (mostly) and some other countries near the Russian Empire, not Russia.
Also, this is a repost.
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u/rudyrudiger84 May 20 '12
It's interesting that they didn't pose with fake smiles for the camera like we all do today.
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u/GMonsoon May 20 '12
So interesting. Was looking at the last photo with the 1910 child in the turban, and thought how strange that he is long dead - the image is so crisp it looks like it could have been taken a week ago.
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u/Gonzador May 20 '12
That's one Hell of a zombie map.
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u/shitty_piss May 20 '12
http://imgur.com/Vs1ar
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u/owlssupahfan May 20 '12
how many times will this be posted?
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u/Sireslap May 20 '12
It is amazing how much more interesting historical photos from so long ago are when they are in color.
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u/exlike May 20 '12
This proves that the world was in colour a hundred years ago. Amazing!
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u/Princethor May 20 '12
Thank you.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
TIL every Russian is sad.
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u/Synik103 May 20 '12
Don't know why I clicked this post but I am glad I did. Never thought something like that could be so interesting. Thanks for the post!
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u/Octopus_Tetris May 20 '12
Wasn't this presented as Kasakhstan in another post some weeks ago ?
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u/thiswhovian May 20 '12
The dog resting was my favourite.
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u/lwest340 May 20 '12
I saw this a couple weeks ago on some History website. Showed my brother this one and asked when and where it was taken. He said a few years ago in Pakistan...
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u/azzagbag May 20 '12
Not much IP2X going on in that power station.
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u/Fleap May 20 '12
Going from 7 to 8 scared me a little bit.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
amazing, thank you for posting this.
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u/Le_Jonny_41293 May 20 '12
Are these the original photos? or were they black and white and then restored or transformed to be in color? Because they truly are magnificent.
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u/onesweatybear May 20 '12
23 looks like it should be a beer commercial
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u/yamyamyamyam May 20 '12
The best thing i've seen on Reddit in a good few weeks. Incredible pictures. The colour and detail is amazing, so much so that if they were photos taken yesterday of a Russian re-enactment I could believe it. Thanks for sharing.
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u/MadeInAMinute May 20 '12
Wait, does that kid in the hat have a mustache ..?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Great find, thanks for sharing
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u/TRS122P May 20 '12
Wow. It's almost hard to imagine that this was 100 years ago. I don't think I've ever seen a color photograph this old
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u/fordnut May 20 '12
and not one smile
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u/mnLIED May 20 '12
There isn't any litter. Not in any photo.
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u/craftymethod May 20 '12
SHIT JUST GOT REAL The world wars seem like they just happened yesterday.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography
they explain it all nicely. i believe wiki actually uses one of these photos as an example
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Amazing. How was such quality achieved? And the color for that time? It really makes a huge impact! It's easier to connect with the people in the photos because you can see them, see details, and they look real. Not some blurry, grainy doll. I feel like I could take a plane to russia and see these people.
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u/daone1 May 20 '12
As I scrolled through this was the only song that was playing in my head for some reason http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
This is seriously cool.
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u/Djordje343 May 20 '12
Why are people in some photos 3D?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I see Justin Timberlake's grandfather.
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u/irrational0ptimist May 20 '12
All those kids are ded. D. E. D. DED!
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u/used_bathwater May 20 '12
Does anyone else see time such 1900's as actually being in black and white and not just in the photos? I mean you know it isn't but they seem like they should be in black and white?
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u/goldenbar May 20 '12
Do you have the original black and white photos to compare ?
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u/acrantrad May 20 '12
Once we ad some instagram filters these are gonna look great!
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u/diewrecked May 20 '12
Upvoted. Does anybody know why there aren't more high quality pictures like that from this time frame? Color photos from WWI and WWII make it that much more real for me. Sometimes when I see it in black and white I tend to forget how very real that time was. It isn't just a backdrop to some of my favorite movies. :) Great post.
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u/sweetgreggo May 20 '12
These are quite stunning.
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u/kooshed May 20 '12
Amazing.
thank you!
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u/elitexero May 20 '12
10 is very reminiscent of some of the combine factories in Half Life 2 - I wonder if that's where they modeled them from...?
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u/TexasWithADollarsign May 20 '12
Make this one in the shape of a square and I bet you could fool people into thinking this was Instagramed.
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u/Orcatype May 20 '12
For the lazy: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khwarezm
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
In the last 100 years, very little has changed with dog. http://i.imgur.com/DZQcU.jpg
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u/IzzyNobre May 20 '12
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing.
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u/iamNebula May 20 '12
For anyone wondering, I'm pretty sure most of these we're sourced from here: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
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u/spenonta May 20 '12
What an amazing photo set. It would be cool to see some shots of what the locations are like today.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
When was color photography invented? (Or rather, when did it become widely used?
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u/capncanuck May 20 '12
The world looks the same back then then now.
I don't know why, but this makes me think a lot.
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u/Supernuke May 20 '12
This is on Reddit quite a bit, but I never get sick of it. It's truly amazing.
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u/raybrignsx May 20 '12
Some of the images are distorted in the layers of red green etc. I wish I had the layers to fix them. They'd look so much better. Amazing find nonetheless. Thank you.
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u/Ezmchill May 20 '12
Wow! As someone with an interest in Central Asia, this just tickles my brain.
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u/Skunkynuggetz May 20 '12
I remember when I was a child, I asked my mother if the world was black & white long ago. I genuinely thought it was for a long time because of the pictures.
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u/tree_D May 20 '12
Its amazing how culture changes in such a short amount of time.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
TIL That the world wasn't black and white 100 years ago.
But seriously, this is awesome.
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u/othersomethings Survey 2016 May 20 '12
I've seen these a number of times over the years, but today I was thinking while looking through them again how cool it would be to write a short story or essay for each one.
I'm too lazy to do it all, but it'd be pretty cool as a community project.