Charm of old pictures: 25 magic photochrom images you haven’t seen before
Sometimes it is quite interesting to take a glance into the past and find out how did famous places look like over a century ago. Now, thanks to the technique of photochrom, we can do it! These pictures were taken between 1890 and 1905 circa. Unfortunately, some of these amazing buildings do not exist any longer, other places look a bit different, while others are perfectly preserved. So, let’s take a look into the past…
Antwerpen and the river Scheldt
Photo: By Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905., via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Town hall in Hildesheim, Germany
Photo: WikiImages/pixabay (CC0 Creative Commons)
Sigmaringen, Germany
Photo: By Detroit Publishing Company, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Kongsberg, Norway
Photo: By The Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions)
Town hall in Zurich, Switzerland
Photo: By Photochrom Print Collection, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Ghent cathedral, Belgium
Photo: WikiImages/pixabay (CC0 Creative Commons)
Neuschwanstein castle, Germany
Photo: WikiImages/pixabay (CC0 Creative Commons)
Blankenberghe, Belgium
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Amsterdam, Holland
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Dresden, Germany
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: By Detroit Publishing Co., via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Venice, Italy
Photo: By Detroit Publishing Co., via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Arco, Italy
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Annecy, France
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Bamberg, Germany
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Naples, Italy
Photo: By unknow (P.Z.?), via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Amiens, France
Photo: Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Verona, Italy
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Scarborough, England
Photo: The Library of Congress/flickr (No known copyright restrictions)
Paris, France
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Rome, Italy
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Photo: trialsanderrors/flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Oxford, England
Photo: The Library of Congress/flickr (No known copyright restrictions)
