Figure 1.--The development of the Brownie camera in 1900 meant that for the first time, informal photographs appeared of children around the house. They still may be posed or dressed up, but the settings show us much more about the children and their clothing than ever before. This snapshot of the Olson children was taken in Milton North. Dakota during 1907. The colorization was amazingly good--note the wheel spikes. |
HBC notes an increasing mumber of colorized images after the turn of the century. Almost all of these are black and white photographs which have had color added, often by hand painting. Some are rather crude and you have to look carefully to tell that they are colorized. It was popular to have studio portraits hand-tinted, but amateur snapshots that have been colorized are much rarer. I had hoped to reserach the topic on the internet, but a search turns up only a huge number of modern companies offering hand tinting and computer colorization serbvices. Actual color photographic processes did exist in the early 20th century, but they were so compicated that they were not even prctical in photographic studios.
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