PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHand-colored photo of firefighters showing off in Meiji-era Japan, late 1800slemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down10
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageHand-colored photo of firefighters showing off in Meiji-era Japan, late 1800slemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months ago Hand-colored So, uh, not colored other than a few splashes? The photo is interesting and worthwhile, don’t get me wrong, but at this point you might as well not bother with the coloration.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoThis kind of hand-coloring, with only the most notable bits given color, pops up from time-to-time in 19th century photos. Note this Civil War photo with the gold colored in
So, uh, not colored other than a few splashes? The photo is interesting and worthwhile, don’t get me wrong, but at this point you might as well not bother with the coloration.
This kind of hand-coloring, with only the most notable bits given color, pops up from time-to-time in 19th century photos. Note this Civil War photo with the gold colored in