Douglas E. Welch

Download Nearly 70,000 Color Photos from the Early 20th Century via My Modern Met [Shared]

One museum in France is changing the way we view the past thanks to its vast archive of color photographs from the early 20th century. The Albert Kahn Museum has made nearly 70,000 photographs available to the public at high resolution as part of its quest to digitize The Archives of the Planet project.

French banker Albert Kahn started the project in 1908 with the goal to photograph humanity around the world. The project continued until 1931, with Kahn hiring 12 professional photographers to travel to 50 countries. Not only did they take portraits of people and monuments, but they also documented important historical events like the Turkish War of Independence and the golden jubilee of Jagatjit Singh, the last ruling Maharaja of Kapurthala State.

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Jul 4 at 10:12pmWeb
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@douglaswelch The image depicts a street scene from what appears to be early 20th-century Paris. In the foreground, a woman stands beside a wooden flower cart filled with a variety of flowers, including white, blue, and purple blooms, as well as green foliage. She is dressed in a dark, long-sleeved dress and is holding a bouquet of flowers. The cart is positioned on a street with a cobblestone-like surface, and the buildings in the background have large windows and ornate facades, typical of Parisian architecture. The street is relatively empty, with no visible pedestrians or vehicles. The photograph has a vintage quality, with a colorized effect that highlights the flowers and the woman's dress, while the rest of the image is in grayscale. The text "SEINE A1H361" is visible on the left side of the image, suggesting it may be part of a historical archive or collection.

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