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[roseway]

A wonderful archive of old colour photographs released by the US Library of Congress

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/120817

[UncleUB]

Wonderful   

They are all good,my own favourite is the one of the seafront at Bray.You can almost smell the sea air,a lovely stroll before lunch then a couple of pints and some nice seafood.....

[camallison]

In the 60s, I did a lot of walking in the Wicklows - beautiful scenery and still just as wild today.  One point though - would colour photography have been available 120 years ago, or have the pics been tinted by hand?

Colin

[roseway]

One point though - would colour photography have been available 120 years ago, or have the pics been tinted by hand?

That's a fair question. Colour photographs using the subtractive process started in the 1860s, but the early ones required very long exposure times. So-called 'instantaneous' colour photos became possible in the early 1900s. I guess that the ones shown here were tinted by hand, as you suggest.

[camallison]

Still beautiful pics though - sure bring back some memories.

Colin

[burakkucat]

Very interesting to look at. Thank you for the link, Eric. 

[chrissie]

They are really lovely thanks for sharing those Eric.  Some of them look like paintings to me but I suppose the way they've been coloured could make them appear like that.  Good to look at and see what pre-litter days were like as in most old photographs tho' perhaps they are still litter-free out there even now...