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Stunning Photocroms of Scotland From the 1890s

These stunning postcards of Scotland during the end of the 19th century were produced by the Detroit Publishing Company using the Photochrom process, a technique used to apply vibrant and surprisingly realistic color to black and white images.

The process, invented in the 1880s by an employee of a Swiss printing company, involves coating lithographic limestone tablets with a light-sensitive emulsion and exposing them to light under a photo negative. For each tint that was used in the final color composite, an additional litho stone is created.

The process was very time-consuming and required painstaking attention to detail, but the result was color postcards that captured the cities, moors, and ruined castles of Scotland with an impressive degree of verisimilitude, particularly during a time when color photography was just being developed.

 
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Farmers Bring Their Cattle to the Market Town of Dumfries
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Highland Cattle
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
 
Lincluden Abbey, Dumfries
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
High Street in Dumfries 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Caerlaverock Castle, First Built in the 13th Century 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The Pier at Dumfries 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Edinburgh 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The Town of Dunoon 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Glasgow University 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The Island of Ailsa Craig
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The Esplanade at Helensburgh 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Inveraray Castle, on the Shores of Loch Fyne 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
A River Near Kirkcudbright 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
 
The Coastline Near Macduff
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The 12th Century Dunskey Castle Near the Village of Portpatrick
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The Harbor at Rothesay 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Linn of Muick, a Waterfall on the River Muick in Aberdeenshire 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
The Town of Stirling, as Seen From Abbey Craig
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Medieval Dunnottar Castle, near Stonehaven 
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
15th Century Carrick Castle on Loch Goil
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
14th Century Threave Castle, near the town of Castle Douglas
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s
Wallace Monument on Abbey Craig near Stirling, a Monument to Sir William Wallace
Photochroms of Scotland in the 1890s

Source: mashable
Photos: Library of Congress  

 

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