Sunday Reflection -- Paris 1914 In Color

Take a Sunday break and look at these extraordinary color photos of Paris from 1914, with many more at Lady, That's My Skull (found via Infidel 753).  A brief description first:

In 1909, a wealthy French banker named Albert Kahn wanted to document the world using a new color photo process called Autochrome Lumière, so he commissioned 4 photographers to take their cameras all over the world. [snip] 

Starting in 1914, Kahn’s photographers, Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet, Georges Chevalier and Auguste Leon, documented life in Paris using color filters made from dyed potato starch grains. 

They made these color photos over a century ago (with a small amount of color enhancing done on the original shots). 

In addition to the many shots of Paris, around 72,000 Autochromes from around the globe were created through Kahn’s project.

What a revelation to see familiar and not- familiar sights from Paris 100- plus years ago in color, some showing Paris on a patriotic war footing at the beginning of World War I, some showing everyday life proceeding before the horrors of war came home to France.

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These aren't all -- there are more at the link above.

Here's something to listen to as you look: