Color photos of 1909

As many of you probably know, in 1909, virtually the whole of Europe dreamed of aviation. The first airplanes brought to mind, and all the newspapers headlines scream about the Bleriot flight across the English Channel. Paris is trying to keep up with European fashion and opens a huge exhibition of aeronautics. Suzanne and Andre, daughter of Louis and Auguste Lumiere 1909:





Exhibition of aeronautics in Grand Palais, Paris, 20 September 1909:



As you can see, in 1909, set the pace still has not airplanes and aircraft lighter than air.



Airship Zodiac III Betheny, photographer Zhimpel (Gimpel), August 28, 1909:



Signor Antonio Lumiere grandchildren, 1909: As you can see, again presented is not random pictures, namely those that have been digitized and became available to the public (in this case, a photo archive Lumière).



The only color photograph of King Edward VII, 1909:



Woman weaving a carpet in Algeria (Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, Albert Kahn Collection), 1909 Now fast forward to Russia to enjoy digital quality pictures Prokudin-Gorsky. Here are some of his works in 1909.



This year, he goes to the first "royal" expedition to the Mariinsky system. Most of the path traversed by steamer MPS "Sheksna". Here is his team:



Here is the steamer:



Home working on Kovzhinskom mill:



Nobel Brothers oil barge on the river near the village of Vytegra Ankhimova:



Kamnecherpatelnaya machine Svir-2 on a section of the Mariinsky system:



General view of the city from the rampart Belozersk:



Lock and weir on the river Sheksna:



Monastic hay:



Fire brigade in Vytegra:



The second expedition prokudinskaya 1909 was the Urals. View of the garden from Ekaterinburg Chief Mining District:



Chrysostom:



General view of the city of Perm from the City of slides:



Aa 76 locomotive depot at the main workshops in Perm UGZHD:



Chelyabinsk:



Castle. Molding art casting:



Art. Simsk:



Source: visualhistory.livejournal.com