A 'Swenglish' journey through family photos, notes and postcards
from the early 20th century.
Showing posts with label colour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colour. Show all posts

2023-12-09

At the Kitchen Table - Sepia Saturday 702

 


Going through another envelope of old photos, I found this one of me and my grandmother Sally at her kitchen table (well, with me on the table...) A note on the back says  August 1958, which means I'm 3 years old here. Below is a  version where I tried to better the faded colours somewhat in Picasa3 (my standard simple editing tool). 


In my own early childhood photo albums nearly all the photos are black and white, taken by either my father or my grandfather, and developed at home. This may be the earliest colour photo print I've come across so far, and I'm not sure who of them may have been the first to experiment with putting a colour film into their camera for a change. (I know my dad also took slides sometimes, though, so perhaps it could also be a print made from a slide.)




2013-02-25

G.010-3 Dalarne, Rättvik (1902)

G.010.3A

Dalarne, Rättvik
Axel Eliassons Konstförlag, Stockholm, No 2026.

G.010.3B

Postmark: Sörby, 26.8.1902
To: Herr Gustaf Ekman, Storegården, Fristad
From: Ella, Agda and E-n

Hjertliga hällsningar till eder alla. Ella.
Hälsning fr. Agda
Hälsningar E-n

G.010.3A-001

Det kolorerade fotografiet framhäver folkdräkterna men lämnar ansiktena spöklikt gråbleka…

The coloured photograph shows off folk costumes from Rättvik, Dalarna (Dalecarlia), but the faces of the people come out rather ghost-like!