The Autochrome Process - Color Photography from 1906

[Steaphany]

This link came up in a thread on another forum and I thought that it would be of interest here:

Rare color photography from WWI

Up until reading this article and seeing the photos, I was not aware of the Autochrome Process, but a bit of research has yielded:

Auguste and Louis Lumiére's Jun 5, 1906 US patent
It is incredible to see patent applications dated as recently as 2001 are citing and referencing this work from 100 years prior.

An illustrated description of the Autochrome Process ( You got positive transparencies )

and

The George Eastman House Museum has an Autochrome Collection

Believe it or not, this was shot by Charles C. Zoller in 1931

Autochrome

Heinrich Kuehn and the Development of Color Autochromes ( 1907 )

Early 1900′s Autochromes from Paris, France